Act always from a sense of common humanity, and let God judge if it be charity.

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie.

You can spend too much time wondering which of identical twins is the more alike.

What greater blessing to give thanks for at a family gathering than the family and the gathering.

Ever wonder what crime you committed that you are confined to a small enclosure above your sinuses, under permanent skull arrest?

If minutes were kept of a family gathering, they would show that "Members not Present" and "Subjects Discussed" were one and the same.

It finally happened. I got the GPS lady so confused, she said, "In one-quarter mile, make a legal stop and ask directions.

For the most part, we carnivores do not eat other carnivores. We prefer to eat our vegetarian friends.

On a windswept hill by a billowing sea, my destiny sits and waits for me.

It is not that love is blind. It is that love sees with a painter's eye, finding the essence that renders all else background.

Look at me--a big old black man under all of this makeup, and if I can look beautiful, so can you.

A person could be immensely happy reading only him or the writers he loved. But that would be too easy.

As much as we teach our kids, the process teaches us. If we're being diligent, we're learning from our strengths as parents, but also from the mistakes that we make.

Lawyers are always confident before the verdict. It's only after that they share their doubts.

Beautiful books are always written in a sort of foreign language.

I pray daily, not for more riches, but for more wisdom with which to recognize, embrace and enjoy what I already possess.

For an economy to prosper, trust between the states must be established, and their individual strengths be appreciated.

For the totalitarian mind, adherence to state propaganda does not suffice: one must display proper enthusiasm while marching in the parade.

I didn't invent forensic science and medicine. I just was one of the first people to recognize how interesting it is.

Of the bodies in the cosmos, some imitate mind and move in orbits; some imitate soul and move in a straight line, fire and air upward, earth and water downward.