“Samuel Johnson: A book should either allow us to escape existence or teach us how to endure it .”

“God will not allow us to be overwhelmed by temptation, but with it He will provide a way of escape so that we will be able to endure it.”

“Oh, love isn't there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.”

“Samuel Johnson Is Indignant:that Scotland has so few trees.”

“Books are never harmless...they either strengthen us or they weaken us in our faith. Some of them do this even as they entertain us, others as they teach us. In an invisible way their teaching penetrates into our hearts and souls, to continue its work inside, and we inhale the spirit of these books as healing or poisonous vapors. They can bring the greatest benefits and the greatest ruin, for from their ideas that they spread come the deeds of the future.”

“Love changes things; hope allows us to endure until the change arrives.”