Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future.

The only thing that ultimately matters is to eat an ice-cream cone, play a slide trombone, plant a small tree, good God, now you're free.

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will.

Great hopes make great men.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.