Without labor there is no rest, nor without fighting can the victory be won.

Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing; Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!

If you want to learn something that will really help you, learn to see yourself as God sees you and not as you see yourself in the distorted mirror of your own self-importance.

To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.

Love feels no burden, regards not labors, strives toward more than it attains, argues not of impossibility, since it believes that it may and can do all things.

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

Don't think so much about who is for or against you, rather give all your care, that God be with you in everything you do.

Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is.

The first time you succeed it is chance

The only way to avoid disruption is to constantly do what you would if you were just starting out.

I have seen firsthand that agricultural science has enormous potential to increase the yields of small farmers and lift them out of hunger and poverty.

Society soon grows used to any state of things which is imposed upon it without explanation.

You hate me now. I knew you'd be upset at the choice being taken away but I couldn't see you die.

In the days of democracy there is no such thing as active loyalty to a person. You are, therefore, loyal or disloyal to institutions.

But the fact that I had learnt to be tolerant to other religions did not mean that I had any living faith in God.

It's great to do theater and have the live response and know what that can bring to a performance. I like to juggle as many mediums as I can.

The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess.

A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.