“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”

We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito.

You can make anything by writing.

You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.

Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny.

Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.

God knows our situation; He will not judge us as if we had no difficulties to overcome. What matters is the sincerity and perseverance of our will to overcome them.

We meet no ordinary people in our lives.

The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say My tooth is aching than to say “My heart is broken.

Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.

The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.

There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.

Have fun, even if it’s not the same kind of fun everyone else is having.

Life with God is not immunity from difficulties, but peace in difficulties.

You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down.

A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.

If nothing in this world satisfies me, perhaps it is because I was made for another world.

People come, people go – they’ll drift in and out of your life, almost like characters in a favorite book.

I was an imaginative child and learning to read was like unlocking another dimension in my mind.

The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.

The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary.

I like books that aren’t just lovely but that have memories in themselves.

Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood.

Just as money is not real, consumable wealth, books are not life. To idolize scriptures is like eating paper currency.