A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strenghs; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.
The arrogance of the artist is a very profound thing, and it fortifies you.
That which shows God in me, fortifies me. That which shows God out of me, makes me a wart and a wen.
Salad freshens without enfeebling and fortifies without irritating.
What ever purifies the heart also fortifies it.
Ambition fortifies the will of man to become ruler over other men: it operates with deception, cajolery, and violence, it is the action of impurity upon impurity.
On a cold winter morning a cigar fortifies the soul.
To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
