The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat.

Religion is a matter between the man and his Maker. 

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive. 

What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.

I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.

Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.