"Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive."

"Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead."

"A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you."

"Every Christian would agree that a man's spiritual health is exactly proportional to his love for God."

"For pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense."

"I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more."