There are no crown-bearers in heaven who were not cross-bearers here below.

When your will is God's will, you will have your will.

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the windows which hope has opened.

Let your cares drive you to God. I shall not mind if you have many of them if each one leads you to prayer. If every fret makes you lean more on the Beloved, it will be a benefit.

You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.

O child of God, be more careful to keep the way of the Lord, more concentrated in heart in seeking His glory, and you will see the loving-kindness and the tender mercy of the Lord in your life.

Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused.

I have now concentrated all my prayers into one, and that one prayer is this, that I may die to self, and live wholly to Him.

If Christ has died for me, I cannot trifle with the evil that killed my best Friend.

Have you no wish for others to be saved? Then you're not saved yourself, be sure of that!

Then his beautiful lips touched hers. A fluttering of wings, a cry of angels, a single beat of two hearts.

Never misuse your God-given opportunities, it may be the path to fulfilling your destiny.

Memory is the coherence of life, that possesses all your emotions, and ambitions. Without it, your joyous as well as agonizing experiences of life won’t have any significance to you whatsoever.

Presenting a rational argument to a person who has forsaken the use of reason is like asking a vegetarian to eat a cheeseburger.

Great moment, unforgettable memory.

I'm not involved in politics, and I've never had any political role. I've never been in office. I've never taken any public administrative jobs.

Gossip is the currency of the discourse, so you should shut up about yourself. Never confess, never explain, never apologize, and never complain.

I have absolutely no interest in running for president again.

It must never be unpatriotic to support your country against your government. It must always be unpatriotic to support your government against your country.

To me, the art of movies is to take a two-dimensional image and give the illusion of depth.