To pay homage to beauty is to admire Nature; to admire Nature is to worship God

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.

Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived - and dying I will tend to later.

From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do -- now.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

If someone speaks badly of you, do not defend yourself against the accusations, but reply; "you obviously don't know about my other vices, otherwise you would have mentioned these as well

Explore the power of creativity.

Why had I wasted all my time pretending to be someone I wasn't? I was tired, so very, very tired of standing on my own brakes. I felt...right. I felt free.

Folk music is a bunch of fat people.

I tend to get a little quirkier and crazier with my lyrics and come from a different angle when I'm writing for myself.

As we patiently follow the Savior, He will bless us beyond our own capacity to become what He wants us to be.

We have grown so accustomed to the idea of divine love...that we no longer sense the awe that God's coming should awaken in us.

In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents.

I'm very hard to catch," says Rue. "And if they can't catch me, they can't kill me. So don't count me out.

I'm not really a Facebook fan because I don't know how to use it! It's so complicated!