“If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
Jesus Christ

"You may not have artistic talent, but you can learn from studying the way the artist uses his gifts, and you can apply those principles to your own special gifts."
Corrie ten Boom

"In the eyes of God it could be that what you are doing now is the most important work in the world!"
Casper ten Boom

“…the only thing worth teaching anybody is a principle.”
Jacques Barzun

“The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the improvement of character.”
Will Durant

“…the man who acts from principle, who pursues the paths of truth, moderation, and justice, will regain his influence.”
George Washington

"...since your present unhappy situation is not owing to the force of circumstances, but to your own errors, you have reason to hope that by banishing or correcting the latter you can produce a great change for the better in the former."
Francis Bacon

"What is man's ultimate direction in life? It is to look for love, truth, virtue, and beauty. That goes for you, for me, for everyone."
Shinichi Suzuki

"Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy." Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare

"...so long as a man wants to do right he may go where he can: when he can go no farther, then it is not the way. 'Only, he must really want to do right, and not merely fancy he does.'"
George MacDonald

"Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."
Paul

"There's a divinity that shapes our ends." Hamlet
William Shakespeare

"...the rational part of the soul will be the agent which puts in order the irrational part, and passion and appetite...will be regulated...there will properly result...sobriety, courage, gentleness, self-control, fortitude, and the like."
Nicomachus

"In the course of [our] lives…truth eludes us if we do not concentrate with total attention on its pursuit."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn

"I was doing the wrong of never wanting or trying to be better."
George MacDonald

"Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt."
William Shakespeare

"If we are true intercessors, we must be ready to take part in God's work on behalf of the people for whom we pray."
Corrie ten Boom

"No matter how much [the student] knows or how fully he has thought, he is relentlessly pushed [in discussion] until his back touches the wall of the great absolutes."
Jacques Barzun

“…happiness…is more often found with those who are most highly cultivated in their mind and character.”
Aristotle

"...the laws of nature are unalterably fixed by its author, and will not bend or yield to human fancy and caprice."
George Turnbull