A belief is not true because it is useful

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.

Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.

To know how to suggest is the art of teaching.

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.

Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation of the rest.

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind.

You are at liberty to develop yourself when you are self employed

I’m clinging to one last thought: pain is the harbinger of hope. You have to be alive to feel pain. If you are alive, then you have purpose. If you have purpose, then you have hope.

It is amazing to me that so little is still known about the Trail of Tears or the lives of the Cherokees themselves.

Throughout American history, there have been moments that call on us to meet the challenges of an uncertain world, and pay whatever price is required to secure our freedom.

I remember saying to my mom, 3 years old, every day, ‘I can fly!’ Living on the ninth floor, it was dangerous.

Tis human actions paint the chart of time.

Four tears in my face and you ain't never heard me cry/ I'm richer than all y'all, I got a bank full of pride

Left eyebrow raised, right eyebrow raised.

Luck always favors the comely.

Let Nature be your teacher