One should go to sleep as homesick passengers do, saying, "Perhaps in the morning we shall see the shore.

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.

I think when you take people who are damaged and you give them money and freedom, it can be a toxic cocktail.

We do not like to praise, and seldom praise anyone without self-interest.

To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.

I teach the art of turning anguish into delight.

The dictatorship of the Communist Party is maintained by recourse to every form of violence.

Kitten is in the animal world what the rosebud is in the garden; the one the most beautiful of all young creatures, the other the loveliest of all opening flowers.

In a democracy, regulation of the press and imposing standards on it must be voluntary.

It's always the same - all men and women want to be sexy.

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.

Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.