The mischiefs of anarchy have been equaled by the mischiefs of government.

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.

To open door to hatred is to open one’s spirit to misery

America is big enough to accommodate all their dreams.

Feeling a little grumpy, Melvin decided he would no longer take a bath ever again. Therefore, with that in mind, he marched off into the woods.

True religion is like the smallpox. If you get it, you give it to others and it spreads.

There's no ironic appreciation of things we love, even of things that are in fact ridiculous, which a hipster might take and own and show the world the humor in it.

Running through things because you are familiar with them, breeds routine and this is the seed of boredom.

Our government shouldn't tell us where to travel and where not to travel.

Flow is hard to achieve without effort. Flow is not 'wasting time.

Don't let anyone make you feel that you don't deserve the good things that happen in your life

Our time and attention is scarce. Art is not that important to us, no matter what we might like to believe.