Books are the windows through which the soul looks out.

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.

Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

[Technology] has taught us how to become gods before we have learned to be men.

When you're about to die, your whole life's supposed to flash before your eyes. When you fall in true love, on the other hand, what you see in the twinkling of an eye is your entire future.

All upright Germans will be National Socialists, but only the best National Socialists will be party members!

I'm so popular it's scary sometimes. I suppose I'm just everybody's type.

And the more she could imagine this island, the less she liked the real world. The more she could imagine the people, the less she liked any real people.

I enjoy competing in the marketplace of free ideas.

I’m already happy with who I am. My job is just to get on the podium.

I don't do the same show on any two nights.

History is the recital of facts represented as true. Fable, on the other hand, is the recital of facts represented as fiction.