If a man has come to that point where he is no content that he says; I do not want to know any more, or do any more or be any more, he is in a state in which he ought to be changed into a mummy.

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.

Find a place you trust and then try trusting it for a while.

One can learn from what is not said.

They had been brought up to think that the domestic virtues were self-evident and universal

Rural towns aren't always idyllic. It's easy to feel trapped and be aware of social hypocrisy.

This is a super masticated subject, and it is time to spit it out.

Propositions on which all men are in agreement are true: if they are not true we have no truth at all.

There was a very consistent creation of a virtual reality, and eventually it collided with our old-fashioned, ordinary reality.

People judge you by the way you play in the playoffs.

You can start any 'Monty Python' routine and people finish it for you. Everyone knows it like shorthand.

It's funny when you put music up against picture, and all your preconceptions go away, and you start over. You just realize that that doesn't work at all.