We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. — Marie Curie

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I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.

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The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.

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[If] there were such a God, I would like to ask however did he think of anything as complicated as M-theory in eleven dimensions.

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Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves, until we end hatred and division. - John Lewis

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No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.- Buddha

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From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.

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Oh, eternal and everlasting God, direct my thoughts, words and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb and purge my heart by Thy Holy Spirit. Daily, frame me more and more in the likeness of Thy son, Jesus Christ, that living in Thy fear, and dying in Thy favor, I may in thy appointed time obtain the resurrection of the justified unto eternal life. Bless, O Lord, the whole race of mankind and let the world be filled with the knowledge of Thee and Thy son, Jesus Christ.

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Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

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Because you cannot see him, God is everywhere.

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