Sophistry is the fallacy of argument.

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.

When you cultivate love and kindness in your heart, everything around you becomes love and kindness.

It is easier to seize wealth than to produce it, and as long as the State makes the seizure of wealth a matter of legalized privilege, so long will the squabble for that privilege go on.

if the world is blaming you, if your not guiltythen you become the judge and do whats right even if it feels wrong, or people say its wrong

There's absolutely no one in the world that can tell you can't do something. You're the only person that can set that limitation.

I need to brush my teeth. And I need a shower." He grinned, hopping off the bike. "Now that is an invitation.

Anybody who knows how to make a good movie, knows that it's a collaborative undertaking. To deny that its really dangerous.

No lepidopterist's collection in the entire world...full if iridescent wings, is worth the life of a single butterfly.

The price you pay for being powerful and being rich is to be hated.

It is our duty to select the best and most dependable theory that human intelligence can supply, and use it as a raft to ride the seas of life.

To sit with George [Clooney] and argue about what we're passionate about was amazing. We're good at arguing our points of view and are all about doing what was best for the movie [ "Gravity"].