Patience is Recovery of The Mind

The exquisite kindliness of her manner suggested that their relationship was of no possible consequence, that she could not pay him the tribute of hostility.

Men take care not to make women weep, for God counts their tears.

When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.

Common sense in religion is rare, and we are too often trying to be heroic instead of just ordinarily good and kind.

What I'm saying in my books boils down to this: Mine religion for what is good and avoid what is deleterious. Don't condemn people who need it. Be very careful when that need becomes fanatical.

Religion is the fruit of the Spirit, a Christian character, a true life.

A woman mixed of such fine elements That were all virtue and religion dead She'd make them newly, being what she was.

Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them.

There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes.

I have no way of knowing whether or not you married the wrong person. But I do know that if you treat the wrong person like the right person, you could well end up having married the right person after all. It is far more important to be the right kind of person than it is to marry the right person. On the other hand, if you marry the right person and treat them wrong, you certainly will have ended up marrying the wrong person.

People don't care what you know until they know that you care.