Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Burdens

I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden."

Courage

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Experience

My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed.... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is.

Forgiveness

Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.

God

I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.

Life and Living

Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence.

Love

What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me; and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels.

Moderation

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Punishment

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

Spirit and Spirituality

Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?

Victory

The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.