The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he believes tomorrow will be different.

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value

Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of a sweet apple roasted before the fire.

Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it.

It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous.

There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it.

To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch the renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do.

Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.

A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend-"just as good as the real.

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being.

Nature is, in fact, a suggester of uneasiness, a promoter of pilgrimages and of excursions of the fancy which never come to any satisfactory haven.

Trust the Simi. She ain't never wrong.

One of the smartest things one can do in life sometimes…is play stupid. Be encouraged

You can transform your entire physical appearance, personal experience, energy, and social success simply by smiling. And it is also good to do just for you!

It is never wise to slip the bands of discipline.

Generosity toward the lower classes historically has never been an important part of upper-class awareness.

FAITH is the only agency through which the cosmic force of Infinite Intelligence can be harnessed and used by man.

As reporters in State College, there was a joke. We used to call Penn State, the Kremlin.

Upon the death of my father, our family and myself were emotionally and financially exhausted.

Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would probably get one.

Principally, I'll give anything a chance, only because the greatest challenges are the ones that you never see coming.