Unless we do his teachings, we do not demonstrate faith in him.

Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.

With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.

The greatest test of life is obedience to God.

The more we express our gratitude to God for our blessings, the more he will bring to our mind other blessings. The more we are aware of to be grateful for, the happier we become.

You are free to choose, but you are not free to alter the consequences of your decisions.

Some of the greatest battles you will face will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.

Thoughts lead to acts, acts lead to habits, habits lead to character - and our character will determine our eternal destiny.

When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives.

The way to feel better about your own situation is to improve someone else’s circumstances.

Inspiring music may fill the soul with heavenly thoughts, move one to righteous action, or speak peace to the soul.

And I think THAT'S what we need to be pursuing with our lives: learning to be more skillful at coping with our minds.

Anything that triggers good memories can't be all bad.

I still care about people but it would be so much easier not to care. I don't want to get too close; I don't like to touch things.

No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in today. No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present little instant.

I have rituals for cleaning out resentments, disappointments, heartbreak, depression and for work. One of the things I do is go over old stuff if I have been unable to write for a while.

There are only two types of girls: the type that you marry and the type that you play around with and then break up with. But you're somewhere in between.

No penance can your hard heart find save such as you long since have taught me to endure

Elections are about the future.

But when it came right down to it, the skin of my wrist looked so white and defenseless that I couldn't do it.

No machines will ever truly fully figure the brain out, because the brain's performance is constantly altered or else constrained by this inanimate, rogue artifact you can't control, namely, speech.