The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist.

By labor fire is got out of stone.

In the last analysis sound judgment will prevail.

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want to they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.

Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well.

No life Can be pure in its purpose or strong in its strife And all life not be purer and stronger thereby.

Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.

How lovely are the portals of the night, When stars come out to watch the daylight die.

If you can't be happy where you are, it's a cinch you can't be happy where you ain't.

Man's extremity is God's opportunity.

If I can only be with you in my dreams, then I want to sleep forever.

If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.

Never again are we to look at the stars, as we did when we were children, and wonder how far it is to God. A being outside our world would be a spectator, looking on but taking no part in this life, where we try to be brave despite all the bafflement. A god who created, and withdrew, could be mighty, but he could not be love. Who could love a God remote, when suffering is our lot? Our God is closer than our problems, for they are out there, to be faced; He is here, beside us, Emmanuel.

The remarkable thing about television is that it permits several million people to laugh at the same joke and still feel lonely.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.

What ye have been ye still shall be When we are dust the dust among, O yellow flowers!

Feast of Mary Magdalen, Apostle to the Apostles It is for Christ's sake that we believe in the Scriptures, but it is not for the Scriptures' sake that we believe in Christ.

Without speculation there is no good and original observation.

We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for a madman is not cured by another running mad also.

Drawing is the true test of art.