Twenty-volume folios will never make a revolution. It’s the little pocket pamphlets that are to be feared.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

If prayer fails I am in a greater darkness yet, not knowing whether I have presumed too much or believed too little.

It has never been my goal to impress anyone but myself. That has proven challenging enough.

Even if it is painful and lonely, associate with worthy companions.

As we have seen, nobody is lucky enough not to be born, everybody is unlucky enough to have been born – and particularly bad luck it is.

I have sometimes called this 'double listening'. Listening to the voice of God in Scripture, and listening to the voices of the modern world, with all their cries of anger, pain and despair.

When you reach 95, after you get over your surprise, you start looking back.

I'd love to have a family one day. Having kids is the meaning of life and I can't wait to be a mom.

Have faith in God and in yourself; that will cure all. Hope for the best, expect the best, toil for the best and everything will come right for you in the end.

Thank you for you consideration

You were worth it, old friend, and a thousand times over.