Science is the most intimate school of resignation and humility, for it teaches us to bow before the seemingly most insignificant of facts.
To delight in the law of the Lord is to find our source of joy outside of ourselves.
Whether we live in poverty or prosperity, we can still live generously.
We may not have the ability to change all of the world's wrongs, but we can make a difference where we are.
The solution to our human frailty is not to try harder, but to turn Godward.
The emphasis in Scripture is not the amount we give, but the attitude with which we give.
When you rest, realize it is not simply ceasing from activity…it is a gift from God.
In the theater, I've found that, in general, reaction and laughter come easier at an evening performance, when the audience is more inclined to forget its troubles. Matinee customers must enter the theatre in a more matter-of-fact frame of mind, hanging on tightly before they let themselves go.
The phenomenal success of the recovery movement reflects two simple truths that emerge in adolescence: all people love to talk about themselves, and most people are mad at their parents. You don't have to be in denial to doubt that truths like these will set us free.
Lucky he who has been educated to bear his fate, whatsoever it may be, by an early example of uprightness, and a childish training in honor.
The tragedy of music is that it begins with perfection.