Nothing is eternal but that which is done for God and others. That which is done for self dies..

God brings men [and women] into deep waters, not to drown them, but to cleanse [teach and improve] them. [It is fair and appropriate to get excited a….

God strikes not as an enemy, to destroy; but as a father, to correct..

Sensual pleasures are like soap bubbles, sparkling, effervescent. The pleasures of intellect are calm, beautiful, sublime, ever enduring and climbing….

The most generous and merciful in judgment upon the faults of others are always the most free from faults themselves..