Truths are first clouds; then rain, then harvest and food.

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.

It always gives me a shiver when I see a cat seeing what I can't see.

Small children do not belong at an adult party, and especially should not be used like trained midgets to help serve martinis.

To a wise man, the whole earth is open; for the native land of a good soul is the whole earth.

But as my voice coach keeps saying, if we actually spoke the way they imagine the Elizabethan voice might have been, we wouldn't be able to understand it.

A crisis is a close encounter of the third kind.

I'm not obsessed by looks. I think you can become a prisoner of your own image.

Even with insects - some can sing, some can't.

When we look for propaganda, we have the obvious job of asking what messages are being propagated.

It's unbelievable really. For something that started off as a hobby, I ended up getting paid for doing it.

I'm not a selfish actor. I believe that it's a team effort. You're not in a scene by yourself.