There's nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child.

If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.

If you haven't time to help youngsters find the right way in life, somebody with more time will help them find the wrong way.

A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.

I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.

A valuable friend is one who'll tell you what you should be told, even if it offends you.

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.

To feel sorry for the needy is not the mark of a Christian - to help them is.

In the prison of his daysTeach the free man how to praise

It isn't the evil and indecent who are flung down into the depths, no! Oh, no! The evil and decisive fling down those who are moral, honest and noble but maladroit, hesitant and full of scruples.

Inside my head is a jigsaw made of trillions and trillions and trillions of atoms. It might take a while.

Nostalgia is best cured via horse whipping.

When people try to rain on your parade, ...pee on theirs

Find comfort in the knowledge that no imitator ever comes off as well as the original.

I knew style and content went hand in hand.

The joy of reading can take you so many different places. In addition to intelligence and stretching your mind, I just think reading is so crucial in terms of being a well-rounded person.

Community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the spiritual knowledge that we are alive not for ourselves but for one another.

The book itself [The Thorn and The Blossom] is bound accordion-style: it has no spine, so it can open in either direction, and it's in a slipcase.