All our other faculties seem to have the brown touch of earth upon them, but the imagination carries the very livery of heaven, and is God's self in the soul.

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.

Remake the world, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that refledts it.

Im looking forward to the World Cup because I believe Wayne Rooney could be one of the major finds in world football.

The realization that you can't predict the future -- and mold it -- could only come as a shock to an academic.

To see things differently requires you to be wired a little differently.

The Internet opens up a whole new range of possibilities in a wide range of areas.

Follow the lead of your symptoms, for there’s usually a myth in the mess, and a mess is an expression of soul.

And all I do is look into your eyes For that special touch of paradise

And yet--it is not beauty that inspires the deepest passion. Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait. Beauty, without expression, tires.

Entrepreneurs, because they need money, they are willing to share their crystal ball with someone like me. That's the best thing ever.