"To live an extraordinary life, you must resist an ordinary approach."

“We may talk of the best means of doing good; but, after all, the greatest difficulty lies in doing it in a proper spirit. Speak- the truth in love, "in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves" - with the meekness and gentleness of Christ.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 129, 1895.

“Let us not tire of preaching love; it is the force that will overcome the world.”

“So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise and make them miserable.”

“What interests me is the sense of the darkness that we carry within us, the darkness that's akin to one of the principal subjects of the sublime - terror”

“Why is it that for everything you gain in life, something is always lost?”

“Don't let me catch anyone talking about the Universe in my department.”

“If I put my mind to something and really want it, I'll go after it and get it.”

“Grief is the natural by-product of love. One cannot selflessly love another person and not grieve at his suffering or eventual death. The only way to avoid the grief would be to not experience the love; and it is love that gives life its richness and meaning.”

Source : "But If Not". Lance B. Wickman's Address at the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, www.lds.org. October 2002.