There is no part of government which cannot better suffer derangement than the ballot. If you strike the ballot with disease, it is heart disease.

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.

All art is an expression and extension of ourselves.. Art finds its deepest value when it is the authentic expression of a deep human experience.

the story of liberty is a history of the limitation of a government power, not the increase of it.

I look at my people, and I look at those who control them - the political elite. And the sad thing is that the elites are just not interested in the welfare of the people.

As an actor, you really want to resonate with your audience. I played a character on Oz and people still approach me in the streets today.

I do recall how I got the ideas for some of my books. Many of them are a result of doodling.

When they tested Fatal Attraction, the audiences were so upset by her behavior, they literally demanded her blood.

I saw a story in the Los Angeles Times that 40 percent of the viewers are men. It didn't really surprise me.

Caring is love. And love fights! Love doesn't look for the path of least resistance.

Everything that thou reprovest in another, thou must most carefully avoid in thyself. [Lat., Omnia quae vindicaris in altero, tibi ipsi vehementer fugienda sunt.]