Of all joyful, smiling, ever-laughing experiences, there are none like those which spring from true religion.

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.

One of the best aspects of health care reform is it starts to emphasize prevention.

I was married to someone who wanted me to change. Become more adult, more responsible. I began not to like myself, not like what I do. I lost my identity. Everything began collapsing around me.

What it's done for me is highlight the fact that we need to lean into the cartoon universe of social media.

Will an Iraq war make our Al Qaeda problem worse? Not likely.

Chance encounters are what keep us going.

Right now, for instance, we resist giving people extra time on exams or for assignments, as though it's unfair to the faster students.

Poetry can't cure cancer, but it can save your life until you die.

God gives us not only the truth but also the ability to believe it; not only the new thing to see but also the new eye to see it with.

When two parties make a compact, there results to each a power of compelling the other to execute it.

Someone with an obsession for arranging things in alphabetical order was an abcedist, whereas someone with an obsession for arranging them in reverse alphabetical order was a zyxedist.