To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of this weary pilgrimage." ~Samuel Johnson

When we forgive, the slave we free is ourselves.

Forgiveness takes intelligence, discipline, imagination, and persistence, as well as a special psychological strength, something athletes call mental toughness and warriors call courage.

Forgiving yourself means that you give up on your hope that the past will be different.

In my imagination, I can feel your presence. I can feel the warmth of your passionate hug. I can hear your sweet voice. I can hear the song of your beating heart.

I believe the uncertain times are almost upon us, and they are much more uncertain than I imagined.

Loneliness is painful. But suffering is not wrong in and of itself. It's part of the human experience, and in a way brings us closer to all people.

If you've ever been hungry, you can never be full.

The beginning of men's rebellion against God was and is the lack of a thankful heart.

Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important.

Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.

I actually had to leave the country for infractions to fall off my record.

That indolent but agreeable condition of doing nothing.

History is but a kind of Newgate calendar, a register of the crimes and miseries that man has inflicted on his fellow-man.