So here I sit in the early candle-light of old age-I and my book-casting backward glances over out travel'd road.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

We were together. I forget the rest.

Either define the moment or the moment will define you.

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

Be curious, not judgmental.

Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

The truth is simple. If it was complicated, everyone would understand it.

When one reaches out to help another he touches the face of God.

The human spirit will not invest itself in a compromise.

What I see here is nothing but a shell. What is most important is invisible...

God is our great provider! The Lord's blessings are our greatest wealth.

I feel in the depths of my soul that it is the highest, most sacred, and most irreversible part of my obligation to preserve the union of these states, although it may cost me my life.

Politically I did not like Mr. Lincoln for in him I saw the destroyer.

Don't be silly and don't waste your time.

You make good coffee . . . You're a slob, but you make good coffee.

There is only one thing worse than boredom, and that is the fear of boredom.

I don't fancy myself a political commentator. I hate politics. I hate it.

Loyalty is a good for the loyal man; but it may be mischievous for those whom his cause assails.