Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

Enlightened people don't have anything we don't have. They have perfect love inside, and so do we. The difference is that they don't have anything else.

To a great extent the world is what we make it. We get back what we give. If we sow hate, we reap hate; if we scatter love and gentleness we harvest love and happiness. Other people are like a mirror which reflects back on us the kind of image we cast. The kind person bears with the infirmities of others, never magnifies trifles, and avoids a spirit of fault finding.

Jealousy is a strange transformer of characters.

He loved us to the uttermost. And let us be so moved by this love that it becomes our own.

However tiresome to others, the most indefatigable orator is never tedious to himself. The sound of his own voice never loses its harmony to his own ear; and among the delusions, which self-love is ever assiduous in attempting to pass upon virtue, he fancies himself to be sounding the sweetest tones

It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.

The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

Happiness begins where selfishness ends.

The exercise of force is contrary to the principles of God's government; He desires only the service of love; and love cannot be commanded; it cannot be won by force or authority. Only by love is love awakened. To know God is to love Him;

Even under false accusation those who are in the right can afford to be calm and considerate. God is acquainted with all that is misunderstood and misinterpreted by men, and we can safely leave our case in His hands. He will as surely vindicate the cause of those who put their trust in Him as He searched out the guilt of Achan. Those who are actuated by the spirit of Christ will possess that charity which suffers long and is kind.

True love is not a strong, fiery, impetuous passion. It is, on the contrary, an element calm and deep.