God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Grant me the patience with changes that take time, appreciation of all that I have, tolerance of those with different struggles, and the strength to get up and try again, one day at a time.

Better not read books in which you make acquaintance of the devil.

Self-righteousness is the inevitable fruit of simple moral judgments.

Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love. No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as it is from our own standpoint. Therefore we must be saved by the final form of love, which is forgiveness.

Religion mustn't interfere with the state - so one of the basic Democratic principles as we know it in America is the separation of church and state.

What is funny about us is precisely that we take ourselves too seriously.

The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.