A great, a good, and a right mind is a kind of divinity lodged in flesh, and may be the blessing of a slave as well as of a prince: it came from heaven, and to heaven it must return; and it is a kind of heavenly felicity, which a pure and virtuous mind enjoys, in some degree, even upon earth.

All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.

Other men's sins are before our eyes; our own are behind our backs.

You have to persevere and fortify your pertinacity until the will to good becomes a disposition to good.

That which achieves its effect by accident is not art.

You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is to be expecting evil before it comes.