To rob God of nothing; to refuse Him nothing; to require of Him nothing; this is great perfection.

It is only by a total death to self we can be lost in God.

He who has a pure heart will never cease to pray; and he who will be constant in prayer, shall know what it is to have a pure heart.

Self-seeking is the gate by which a soul departs from peace; and total abandonment to the will of God, that by which it returns.

I have never found any who prayed so well as those who had never been taught how. They who have no master in man, have one in the Holy Spirit.

Oh, that we fully understood how very opposite our self-righteousness is to the designs of God!

God's designs regarding you, and His methods of bringing about these designs, are infinitely wise.

All consolation that does not come from God is but desolation; when the soul has learned to receive no comfort but in God only, it has passed beyond the reach of desolation.

The more wants we have, the further we are from God, and the nearer we approach him, the better can we dispense with everything that is not Himself.

It is the fire of suffering that brings forth the gold of godliness.

Let no one ask a stronger mark of an excellent love to God, than that we are insensible to our own reputation.

Business is based on the well-known principle of supply and demand. You want something, the other man has it. The only thing left to settle is the price.

Culture should be a business ‘app, ’ everyone can apply it daily.

The person she liked best didn't like her enough to want more of her, and she didn't want to pretend that wasn't awful.

Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great.

We should declare war on North Vietnam. We could pave the whole country and put parking strips on it, and still be home by Christmas.

I don't know why I always end up talking about my relationships. I try not to.

Vladimir Putin wants to become the de facto head of an illiberal, xenophobic, hypernationalist trend in world politics.

Errors look so very ugly in persons of small means -one feels they are taking quite a liberty in going astray; whereas people of fortune may naturally indulge in a few delinquencies.

Meditation means the mind is turned back upon itself. The mind stops all the thought-waves and the world stops. Your consciousness expands. Every time you meditate you will keep your growth.

Physical science has taught us to associate Deity with the normal rather than with the abnormal.