"I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. It doesn't change God - it changes me."

"Love as distinct from "being in love" is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit."

"Friendship is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself."

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less."

"It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between."

"Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained."