So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

Long before morning I knew that what I was seeking to discover was a thing I’d always known. That all courage was a form of constancy. That it is always himself that the coward abandoned...

It is when we are at our darkest hour, when we can see no evidence that God loves us or that he is even there to listen to our prayers, much less answer them…and yet,...

If you want Allah to be persistent in granting you the thing you love, then be persistent in doing the things he loves.

It’s a hard life if you don’t weaken.

The foolish rush to end their lives.Only the steadfast soul survives.

I denied Discordia and regret nothing; I have spat into the bodiless eyes of the Crimson King and rejoice; I threw my lot with the gunslinger and the White and never once questioned the choice.

Since then your sere Majesty and your Lordships seek a simple answer, I will give it in this manner, neither horned nor toothed. Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Scriptures or by...

Everyone will not favor you or respect your beliefs, passion and purpose–so be it. But do not allow the views of others to hinder your quest. Remain steadfast.

Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.

But, ah me! where is the faultless human creature who can persevere in a good resolution, without sometimes failing and falling back?

Folks can’t seem to realize that it isn’t a smooth talker we need in there but a steady man, a man with judgement. Any medicine-show man can spout words, if they are written for him....

…For like a rugged tree you are hard and sound at the core.

Thus it is said:The path into the light seems dark,the path forward seems to go back,the direct path seems long,true power seems weak,true purity seems tarnished,true steadfastness seems changeable,true clarity seems obscure,the greatest are seems...

God surely did not create us, and cause us to live, with the sole end of wishing always to die. I believe, in my heart, we were intended to prize life and enjoy it, so...

The most agreeable of all companions is a simple, frank man, without any high pretensions to an oppressive greatness; one who loves life, and understands the use of it; obliging alike at all hours; above...

Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour … If at my convenience...

success awaits those who steadfastly commit to any requisite sacrifice

I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more I will respect myself. I will keep the law given by God; sanctioned by man. I will hold the principles received by me...

Is anything truly impossible? Or is it that the path to our goals appears too unclear to follow? It seems to me that if you seek hard enough, pray hard enough, you usually stumble across...