No one can deal with the hearts of men unless he has the sympathy which is given by love.

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.

relations are the failures of life..

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.

I vow to you I am as clean as a Cherub. Would you like a taste?

More often than not, in order to find truth, a wise man must suffer the ravings of the insane. There is no undiscovered truth to be found in the minds of the reasonable and rational.

We certainly can try to grow in love, and it is good practice, this giving what we've got, whether it is a cup of coffee or money to pay the grocery bill.

Rumi called his teacher "the friend." And that's what we need. We need friends.

I like the present and tomorrow

I meditate on a regular basis and reap benefits from this practice

He understood that in walking to atone for the mistakes he had made, it was also his journey to accept the strangeness of others.

Talent, and genius as well, is like a grain of pearl sand shifting about in the creative mind. A valued tormentor.