“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”

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.

If you hear voices, you’re a lunatic. If you write down what they say, you’re an author.

I continually still fight every day for my life, not only still battling mental health problems but battling multiple sclerosis, which also has depression as one of its side effects.

This profession [photography] is deserving of attention and respect equal to that accorded painting, literature, music and architecture.

Every day is beautiful when you're holding hands with your best friend.

We are pantheists as natural scientists, polytheists as poets, and monotheists as moral beings.

Are women necessary? Not with Ava around

I used to think that each phase of life was the end. But now that my view on life is more or less fixed, I believe that change is a great thing. In fact, it's the only real absolute in the world.

The only way we can be of use to God is to let Him take us through the crooks and crannies of our own characters.

Everything comes to those who hustle while they wait.

Listen to and sing the music of heaven.