Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.

Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.

We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.

Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.

Is it not meningitis?

A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.

Self-hatred is the best vehicle for making people do as they’re told because they are hungry to get approval.

I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out.

All history is contemporary history.

Christina can sing all the notes, but Britney is just hot!

We're each our own person, we live our own lives, make our own mistakes, learn from them and move forward.

Consciousness is a state in which a man knows all at once everything that he in general knows and in which he can see how little he does know and how many contradictions there are in what he knows.

A man's ledger does not tell what he is, or what he is worth. Count what is in man, not what is on him, if you would know what he is worth-whether rich or poor.

We ought not speak too long about God with our minds before we turn and speak to God from our heart. We must stir a lot of prayer into the stew of our theology.

People who are strangers to liquor are incapable of talking about literature.

It's "Merry Christmas" at our house. Whatever it is at yours, have a happy one. And be good to somebody.