That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.

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.

Happiness is like those palaces in fairytales whose gates are guarded by dragons: We must fight in order to conquer it.

Evening you gather backall that dazzling dawn has put asunder:you gather a lamb, gather a kid, gather a child to its mother.

Love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer recognize and protect and comfort each other.

I like to think the moon is there even if I am not looking at it.

Strictly has just given me a real zest for life. Life is so short. We should all grasp it.

People don't get to see the unglamourous side.

Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken.

I revere the fullness of His Scripture, in which He manifests to me both the Creator and creation. In the gospel moreover, I discover a Minister and Witness of the Creator, even His Word.

Poetry says the things that I can't say. I read a lot, but I never write it.

The fruition of beauty is no chance of hit or miss... it is inevitable as life.