With Christians, a poetical view of things is a duty. We are bid to color all things with hues of faith, to see a divine meaning in every event.

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.

Your attitude reflects your inner feelings.

Yes, he wanted to tell Krystof, it will hurt. Even if you don't get sick like them. It will hurt.

In the time of Mrs Thatcher the church, to give it its due, spoke out and was an enemy of the Conservative government.

I've never seen a Lindy Hopper who wasn't smiling. It's a happy dance. It makes you feel good.

I look forward to the day when animals will have the right to run if they have legs, swim if they have fins, and fly if they have wings.

Who longs in solitude to live, Ah! soon his wish will gain: Men hope and love, men get and give, and leave him to his pain.

I feel like the Kurt Cobain of my generation, but people just don't understand me.

Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wild Life.

This is entertainment, not Judaism, I think the general public will celebrate this, but the religious public will be indifferent. (on Madonna's visit to Israel)