There is often no line between perfection and evil.

Do you see how much power you have when you act without fear?

There is far more happiness in a life that is your own than a life in which you are handed the lines to say and shown the gestures to make. Do not ever be ambitious.

A little self-doubt is a good thing, " said Jia, "but not excessive doubt. Sometimes we live up to the stories others tell about us.

I've always thought it nonsense to believe something true simply because it was written in a book long ago.

The way I look at it is this: If you try to obey the law, and the judges call you a criminal anyway, then you might as well live up to the name.

Emperor, king, general, duke, ” he whispered to himself. “These are just labels. Climb up the family tree of any of them high enough and you’ll find a commoner who dared to take a chance.

A loyal servant does not think of things outside of his control.

This is why they started us here so young: to give ourselves away before the age when the questions 'why' and 'to what' grow real beaks and claws.

Our greatest fear as individuals & as a church should not be of failure, but of suceeding at things in life that dont really matter.

Let us make sure that future generation writes our biography.

I shiver at the command. Why do I love the way he orders me around when I won’t stand the same from another man?

A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God.

All the past is here, present to be tried; let it approve itself if it can.

When you look up. Do you see the blue sky of what might be? Or the darkness of what will never be? Do you see me?

I think all of Europe has been too soft on the refugee crisis.

I've been into the habit of freezing white grapes and using them as a snack. Instead of eating peanuts or popcorn or something like that or pretzels, I just eat the white grapes.

I had rather be a toad, and live upon the vapor of a dungeon than keep a corner in the thing I love for others uses.