The kingdom of heaven in not a place but a state of mind.

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.

How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.

To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.

The longer I live, the more my mind dwells upon the beauty and the wonder of the world.

In winter the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity.

Who gives you pain? Your anger, pride, illusion and greed. Where is the fault of the nature in all this?

When do you become a man? Becoming a man means doing the right thing even though it may be hard or difficult. Boys do what is easiest. A man does what is right, whether easy or not.

If you desire something, and trust that it will come to you, then you will have it.

Is it possible that we never feel grown-up because, as our capabilities increased with age, so increased our responsibilities?

Don't put my faith in nobody, not even a scientist.

Positivity is an inside job that makes the outside look a lot better.

Satan is the master distracter. He is always working to keep us off track in our walk with God.

Failure and setbacks and struggles are where all the good stuff happens.

I live in a pretty liberal place, so it's a lot of hidden racism and things like that. If you really look up California, it's a really shitty place when it comes to things like that.

Art for me is like breathing. When I stop breathing, what happens?