What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities.

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.

The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.

Nothing good bursts forth all at once. The lightning may dart out of a black cloud; but the day sends his bright heralds before him, to prepare the world for his coming.

The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak.

Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are.

Many are ambitious of saying grand things, that is, of being grandiloquent.

The virtue of Paganism was strength: the virtue of Christianity is obedience.

There is no being eloquent for atheism. In that exhausted receiver the mind cannot use its wings, - the clearest proof that it is out of its element.

Man without religion is the creature of circumstances: Religion is above all circumstances, and will lift him up above them.

Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.

Love is the only truth

I love fictional characters...they can't break your heart.

When something good happens it's a miracle and you should wonder what God is saving up for you later.

You'll be much more successful if you follow your dreams and follow your passions.

This is how the great post-partisan, post-racial, New Politics presidency ends - not with a bang, not with a whimper, but with a desperate election-eve plea for ethnic retribution.

The only way to get a good crew is to marry one.

It seems as though women keep growing. Eventually they can have little or nothing in common with the men they chose long ago.

Edgar had a heart attack, and I'm to blame. We were making love, and I took the bag off my head.

Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.

It's important for me to give each thing the possibility to speak and also to allow artworks speak to each other.