Pearl is a disease of oysters. Levant is a disease of Hollywood.
Fasting is not nearly so deadly as feasting.
More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them
Be dissatisfied enough to improve, but satisfied enough to be happy.
A house should not be built so close to another that a chicken from one can lay an egg in the neighbor's yard, nor so far away that a child cannot shout to the yard of his neighbor.
There is little peace or comfort in life if we are always anxious as to future events. He that worries himself with the dread of possible contingencies will never be at rest.
Fear is not at the heart of Christianity nor of our nation. The very essence of Christian faith lies in forgiveness. Christians believe that Jesus died so we may live. He took upon himself our sins so that we may be forgiven and thereby gave us a model of forgiveness for others. This is a cycle that allows civility and progress in the face of man's faults and imperfectability.
You can be addicted to misery the same way as you can be addicted to drugs.