Communication: the thing humans forgot when we invented words.
Who you are becoming is more important than what you are accumulating.
Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.
The only way around is through.
There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.
I think that when you look at the great politicians, the two greatest in my view were George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, they certainly had character traits. You also know Abraham Lincoln overcame severe depression problems that he had when he was younger, which gave him the strength and the character later on.
It is one thing to be delivered from bad thoughts, and another to be freed from the passions. Often people are delivered from thoughts, when they do not have before their eyes those things which produce passion. But the passions for them remain hidden in the soul, and when the things appear again the passions are revealed. Therefore it is necessary to guard the mind when these things appear, and to know toward which things you have a passion.
Remember you belong to nature, not it to you.
In time and with water, everything changes.
We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come. -
In the spiritual life we can do nothing worthy without repentance, but the Lord has much mercy on us because of our intentions. He who compels himself and holds on to repentance until the end, even if he sins is saved because he compelled himself, for the Lord promised this in the Gospel.
When you forgive somebody, when you are generous, when you withhold judgment, when you love and when you stand up to injustice, you are, in that moment, bringing heaven to earth.
Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.
Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is not a twist of these two strands.
The impossible exists only until we find a way to make it possible
To be a star, you must walk your own path, shine your own light and not be afraid of the darkness, that's when a star shines the brightest.
If you expect nothing, you're apt to be surprised. You'll get it.
The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and of error.
Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.