If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons.

Be careful what you set your heart upon – for it will surely be yours.

The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in.

The future is like heaven, everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.

Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.