... for it is the small temptations which undermine integrity unless we watch and pray and never think them too trivial to be resisted.

Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.

We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.

Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.

Is it not meningitis?

A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.

Live the moment. Cherish the present. Anticipate the future. Frame the yesteryear

Life is for running at full on, not running away from with a whimper...

Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived lives of the parents.

Sometimes writers of no talent at all can write great acting scenes. Sometimes the very best writers can't write scenes that come to life.

Is a little experience too much to pay for learning to know oneself?

Who wouldn't want to watch an averagely attractive guy kick a three legged, one eyed dog in the face as it urinates all over itself? The correct answer is no one.

Many people are good at talking about what they are doing, but in fact do little. Others do a lot but don't talk about it; they are the ones who make a community live.

I am an artist, and I have the ability and the free will to choose the way the world will envision me.

I've never been interested in playing the boring ingenue.