Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

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.

We live with our defects as with the odors we carry about us: we do not perceive them, but they incommode those who approach us.

When I see beautiful clothes, I want to keep them, preserve them... Clothes, like architecture and art, reflect an era.

They say love is blind, which makes me braille.

Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.

In this loveless everyday life eroticism is a substitute for love.

I know I said sometimes I wear clothes but apparently I lied...I'm only packing swimsuits.

Life in its highest state is understanding.

If someone doesn't have much use for praising Him now, it's foolish to think they're ready for heaven.

That whole thing of replicating what others do is a siren call. The sirens lure you to the rocks of unoriginality.

I see a lot of people who love their jobs. I see some garbage collectors smiling as they go about their work.