It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is not according to what he has.

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.

A touch may not be always be a love but love is always a touch!

Anyone who shames survivors of trauma and abuse for not healing, is a person who has no compassion for life's suffering

A lot of people I make music with are really talented and it doesn't stop at one instrument.

Aren't the clouds beautiful? I could just lie here all day, and watch them drift by.

The church is no more religion than the masonry of the aqueduct is the water that flows through it.

There's a lot of skeletons in my closet!

And I had always liked vampire stories because they are great material that can be refashioned in lots of ways.

Yoga is the cessation of mind.

Architects are by nature and pursuit, leaders and teachers.

I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations.