His Dusty Boots Is His Cadillac

It is impossible to draw near to God without sorrows, without which human righteousness cannot remain unchanged… If you desire virtue, than give yourself to every affliction, for afflictions produce humility. If someone abides in virtue without afflictions, the door of pride is opened to him

There are two kinds of disease of the soul: vice and ignorance.

“For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.”

“Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.”

I've heard how some people, have said that I've changed That I'm not what I was How it really is a shame The thoughts in their heads, Manifest on their brow Like bad scars from ill feelings they themselves arouse So hateful of anyone that is happy or 'free' They live all their lives, without looking to see The light that has lighted the world

The acquisition of material goods is no more virtue than the lack of them, but only what is accompanied by justice and honesty can be virtue, and whatever is devoid of justice is vice.