A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.

One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.

You wouldn't abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn't control the winds.

Occupy your mind with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones.

Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.

The heart that has truly loved never forgets.

Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.

I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.

The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.

Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich - for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?

Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.

Losing someone is like when the sun comes through a window, moving across the room with each hour, until night falls and all you can do is try to remember the soothing shapes it made.

Sometimes I lose perspective, but it helps to stop and look around. I may not have it all, but I have more than enough. And enough, it seems, is more than most have...

The only way to reduce ugliness in the world is to reduce it in yourself,

You are successful the moment you start moving toward a worthwhile goal.

Mayors typically don't do the things we're trying to do... Revolutionaries aren't typically Mayor.

If you're over 52 years old and you're on Facebook, do us all a favor and log off now.

Getting older and having kids, you learn how to become less serious about it all.

I am just beginning to understand what it is to paint. A painter should have two lives, one in which to learn, and one in which to practice his art.

Don't think about things, just do them; don't predict them, just make them.

Look at your life in contrast with the magnitude of creation, space and time. Your life becomes insignificant. Ego disappears.