Work with the raw material you have, namely you, and never let up.
Too many people embrace religion from the same motives that they take a companion in wedlock, not from true love of the person, but because of a large dowry.
Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.
If we agree in love, there is no disagreement that can do us any injury, but if we do not, no other agreement can do us any good. Let us endeavor to keep the unity of the spirit in the bonds of peace.
Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.
All our possessions are as nothing compared to health, strength, and a clear conscience.
Faith, in order to be genuine and of any real value, must be the offspring of that divine love which Jesus manifested when He prayed for His enemies on the cross.
So convenient a thing to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a mind to do.
If you practice gratitude a little, your life will change a little. If you practice gratitude a lot every day, your life will change dramatically and in ways that you can hardly imagine.
A feeling of discouragement when you slip up is a sure sign that you put your faith in deeds
Often creativity comes from a very pragmatic kind of "well, what if we try this. How about this. " You set some parameters and then work through the variations. It's hard to see something as a concept. It literally comes out of the hands on experiment.