There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.

The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.

I actually feel quite self-indulgent at the moment, telling you all about me, me, me.(...) On the other hand, you're a human -you should understand self obsession.

I'll be 50 years old tomorrow and that means, among other things, that now Bob Dole can start telling jokes about me.

It's a road," Corey said, pointing. "A dirt road," Hayley muttered. "So? We've been slogging through the forest for two days. What do you want? A six-lane highway?

Not until we see the richness of the Hindu mind and its essential spirituality can we understand India

Things which do not grow and change are dead things.

A lot of models achieve that kind of iconic position by working primarily with one photographer.

The purpose of daily prayer is the cultivation of a sense of the sacred. Sacred energy renews us.

[Truman Capote] was not only just selling his writing, but he was selling himself as a person.

I've always loved musical theater. It's a bit of a family tradition.