Life would be a perpetual flea hunt if a man were obliged to run down all the innuendoes, inveracities, and insinuations and misrepresentations which are uttered against him.

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 man of few words will rarely be thoughtless in his speech

Those who cannot see Christ in the poor are atheists indeed.

He was bright, bright, bright, like a lantern above a pub door in November- he made you want to come in and never leave.

It [the Quit India Resolution] was very far from being the Gita, but like Gita it suffered from flood of explanations, commentaries, and interpretations.

When you're in pain, you're genuinely very, very alive, and that's beautiful. Especially emotional pain.

In the meantime, I would drink, rest, and ponder the meaning of this mob.

This liberal doxy must be impaled upon the member of a particularly large stallion.

People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.

We'd all do well to start over again, preferably with kindergarten.

If you are willing to do only what's easy, life will be hard. But if you are willing to do what's hard, life will be easy.