A little house well filled a little land well tilled and a little wife well willed are great riches.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

Love is many kind acts accumulated over time that leave us feeling wonderful.

The nerve which controls the pen winds itself about every fibre of our being, threads the heart, pierces the liver.

The kind of value system prevailing in a country determines the country's reaction and view on corruption.

For the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world.

When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.

I just want to be healthy and happy. I don't want to hurt anybody or make them mad. If that's a philosophy then that's my philosophy.

Boyhood is a most complex and incomprehensible thing. Even when one has been through it, one does not understand what it was. A man can never quite understand a boy, even when he has been the boy.

I do not believe I have any immortality. The greatest evil in the world today is the Christian religion

Issues are important, yes, but issues come and go. America as an ideal is timeless.