“The first step of humility is unhesitating obedience which comes naturally to those who cherish Christ above all.”

Prayer ought to be short and pure, unless it be prolonged by the inspiration of Divine grace.

And let them first pray together, that so they may associate in peace.

Before all, and above all, attention shall be paid to the care of the sick, so that they shall be served as if they were Christ Himself.

Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at others, in devout reading.

It is useless to subdue the flesh by abstinence, unless one gives up his irregular life, and abandons vices which defile his soul.

Idleness is an enemy of the soul.

Whenever you begin any good work you should first of all make a most pressing appeal to Christ our Lord to bring it to perfection.

He who has ears for hearing, let him listen

Receive willingly and carry out effectively your loving father’s advice, that by the labor of obedience you may return to Him from whom you had departed by the sloth of disobedience.

There is nothing better to display the truth in an excellent light, than a clear and simple statement of facts.

Girded with faith and the performance of good works, let us follow in his [Jesus] paths by the guidance of the Gospel.

He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands.

Be careful to be gentle, lest in removing the rust, you break the whole instrument.

Listen and attend with the ear of your heart.

He should first show them in deeds rather than words all that is good and holy.

The prophet shows that, for the sake of silence, we are to abstain even from good talk. If this be so, how much more needful is it that we refrain from evil words, on account of the penalty of the sin!

Pontius Pilate was the first great censor and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship

Hopefully, as I get older in the business, I make my choices more accurately, and I perhaps know from either the script or the first meeting that it isn’t going to work.

There were a lot of fences and walls existing in my life, literally and figuratively, and that was really not indicative of the kind of person that I’d always been. So, when I moved back to Seattle, the first thing I said was, “I will never live in fear again.”

The first rule about a black woman’s hair is you don’t talk about a black woman’s hair. And the second rule is you don’t ever touch a black woman’s hair without getting written permission first.

One of the things that’s great about doing a show over and over again… is that you have to find ways to make it spontaneous, as though everything is happening for the first time… to continue to mine the material and find new things.

To put on the garment of legitimacy is the first aim of every coup.

The United States accused Syria, and because you accused you have to bring evidence [of chemical weapons], this first of all. We have to find evidences when we are there.

I’m a great believer that the most important years are the sort of early years but the preschool years and then into the first and second grades. If you get a good base in the first and second grade and you can read, you can do anything.