“Self is the only oil that makes the chariot-wheels of the hypocrite move in all religious concerns.”

“If it is not strong upon your heart to practice what you read, to what end do you read? To increase your own condemnation? If your light and knowledge be not turned into practice, the more knowing ...”

“Preach the gospel to yourself, because as you consider who you are in light of God's perfect goodness, holiness and peace, you must soften toward others.”

“[I]t is not hasty reading--but serious meditating upon holy and heavenly truths, that make them prove sweet and profitable to the soul. It is not the bees touching of the flower, which gathers hone...”

“There is no little sin, because no little God to sin against.”

“ It was a precept of Pythagoras, that when we enter into the temple to worship God , we must not so much as speak or think of any worldly business, lest we make God's service an idle ,perfunctory, ...”

“Don't only learn from the rich and successful men, also learn from the poor and those that failed woefully, for in their failures lies the secret of success as well.”

“Don't cheat the foundation of a house because you want to save for the roofing for at the end, you will have only roofed rubbles.”

“Never forget a man who weathered and rescued you from the storm just because you can see the shores.”

“It is better to seek spirituality than materialism.”

“....I am inclined to think that these muscles and bones of mine would have gone off long ago to Megara or Boeotiaby the dog they would, if they had been moved only by their own idea of what was bes...”

“Eyes blinded by the fog of thingscannot see truth.Ears deafened by the din of thingscannot hear truth.Brains bewildered by the whirl of thingscannot think truth.Hearts deadened by the weight of thi...”

“Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.”

“The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat.”

“When I get logical, and I don't trust my instincts - that's when I get in trouble.”