Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.

If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.

There's nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child.

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.

If you haven't time to help youngsters find the right way in life, somebody with more time will help them find the wrong way.

A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.

I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.

A valuable friend is one who'll tell you what you should be told, even if it offends you.

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.

To feel sorry for the needy is not the mark of a Christian - to help them is.

All churches are an echo of this—the Cathedral of Nature.

His grace lifts us in spite of us...it moves our lives forward on the conveyor belt of promise, even as we cling to our nagging doubts and unbelief.

Love is love, " I told her, as I tell all of my patients who are ashamed to find themselves shattered by the death of a dog. "Loss is loss.

Sometimes not seeing things can be a blessing.

I wasn't a misanthrope and I wasn't a misogynist but I liked being alone. It felt good to sit alone in a small space and smoke and drink. I had always been good company for myself.

Love is a place & through this place of love move (with brightness of peace) all places yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds

Okay, it was the Tree of Knowledge. "You eat this apple; you're going to be as smart as God." We can't have that.

Art is both creation and recreation. Of the two ideas, I think art as recreation or as sheer play of the human spirit is more important.

It is very difficult to get legislation passed. But then the danger always is that you have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.

Some men think that if you're empowered and sure of yourself then you're a man-hater, but it's like, 'No, I'm just the same as you are, but maybe just a tiny bit more confident.'