You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it himself. (Quoted by C.S.Lewis in Mere Christianity)

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

All you can ever achieve is a sense of your soul. You gain little glimpses of its light, colors, and contours. You feel the inspiration of its possibilities and the wonder of its mysteries.

Fight fire with fire, only adds more negative energy to the situation, making it worse.

I let it fall, my heart And as it fell, you rose to claim it, It was dark, and I was sober, Until you kissed my lips and you saved me.

I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat.

Fairies are angels who reside very close to the Earth so that they can perform their Divine mission of protecting nature and animals.

We are free to change the world and start something new in it.

What golden hour of life, what glittering moment will ever equal the pain its loss can cause?

Never do a thing concerning the rectitude of which you are in doubt.

You don't feel like a winner and then do; you do like a winner and then feel.

I've always allowed myself to go on journeys creatively and emotionally, and never put, like, limits on myself.