True religion is slow in growth, and, when once planted, is difficult of dislodgement; but its intellectual counterfeit has no root in itself: it springs up suddenly, it suddenly withers.

God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission.

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all things to us; One alone can supply our need.

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.

If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.

We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.

I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again - I dwell among the people.

When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.

You know, " he said, "every time a vampire says he doesn't believe in lycanthropes, a werewolf bursts into flames.

The number of books students read...is among the best indicators of student reading development.

The problem isn't a shortage of opportunities

Children always assume the sexual lives of their parents come to a grinding halt at their conception.

All martial art is simply an honest expression of one's body — with a lot of deception in between.

Journalism seems to have recovered its reason for being.

I've never been a person to share my private life, but I can help save lives.

I did a lot of fast talking as a youth; I was pretty good at it. I was never talked into it - I was always the one doing the talking.

She knew nothing, but she had everything that he had lost.