By religion I mean perfected manhood,--the quickening of the soul by the influence of the Divine Spirit.

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.

What a blessed thing it is that nature when she invented manufactured and patented her audiors contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left!

The best practitioners give to their patients the least medicine.

I appear wild on the outside, but I'm a conservative businessman.

Everyone can say 'I Love You' but not everyone really means it, so believe it when you feel it, not when you hear it.

The Earth would die If the sun stopped kissing her.

The love of a father is one of nature's greatest masterpieces.

Though a man declares himself an atheist, it in no way alters his obligations.

I've always learned when you win a game, no matter what the stats look like, you have to enjoy the victories because they are hard to come by.

What can fingerprints mean when they’re not necessarily yours?

Baba's words and actions have lit the lamp of love in the hearts of devotees and they will always remember him for the good things he has done.