A very common flower adds generosity to beauty. It gives joy to the poor, to the rude, and to the multitudes who could have no flowers were nature to charge a price for her blossoms.

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.

Love the animals. God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Don't trouble it, don't harass them, don't deprive them of their happiness, don't work against God's intent.

Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, full of unknowns, asking questions but raising possibilities.

One thing that they don’t tell you is that fires can’t burn bright forever.

Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.

We want, and must have, a national policy, as to slavery, which deals with it as being wrong.

There is no field of activity for great men without the coming of great wars, great struggles and great revolutions.

We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It's about conflicts between creation stories.

So does being cool mean you get to go around calling other people names?

Just finished 'Secrecy' - truly enthralling both as a love story and as a tale of suspense - but much more than both.

R is for wussies if you're talking about blood and guts.