Self-government by the whole people is the teleologic idea. The republican form of government is the noblest and the best, as it is the latest.

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.

It may take many voices for people to hear the same message.

The inclusion of dreams is the only viable supplement to the absence of more favourable outcomes.

Those who feel themselves despised do well to look despising.

Money is not my business; my thinking is my business. I don't have any other business.

Since it is obviously inconceivable that all religions can be right, the most reasonable conclusion is that they are all wrong.

love had turned into "love affair" with a begining and an end.

Stand up and walk. Move forward.

True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends' boyfriend - and he accepts it

Where are you going?" I asked. "The middle of nowhere." "I thought this was it." "Nah." You shook your head. "This is just the edge.

A rolling stone can gather no moss.