A man who does not love praise is not a full man.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.

Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.

As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own sake, and for the sake of old-fashioned folks, who used to love them.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

The thistle is a prince. Let any man that has an eye for beauty take a view of the whole plant, and where will he see a more expressive grace and symmetry; and where is there a more kingly flower?

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

I was 3 when I told my mom that I knew what my dharma was and that I wanted to be an actor.

There is neither a cure for nor a way to repair autism. There is no implant like there is for the deaf.

Pantheism, seeing the natural world as divine, is a very different thing than seeing divine God present in all things

Comedy has had no history, because it was not at first treated seriously.

The traditional ways to make a film, the traditional ways to share a film, have all collapsed. There are no gatekeepers, per se, any more, and anything can be done. Truly, I feel that.

My fallen heart doesn't know. But I will put effort and pretend that I don't know.

That's what writing is. It's moving past your fear.

He said, Son, I've made a life out of readin' people's faces, and knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.

The faith by which we live shall never vary in any age . . . for one is the faith which sanctifies the Just of all ages.

I think that growing up is something that you should do gradually.