Timely service, like timely gifts, is doubled in value.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

A few days later, I found my mother beneath the tree, motionless with excitement, her head turned toward the heavens in which she would allow human religions no place.

Jah come to break downpression, rule equality, wipe away transgression, set the captives free.

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.

Glen Campbell told me, 'Stay out of the way of a good song.' I think it's true. If a song's good, don't overdo it.

Life itself is a school, and Nature always a fresh study.

Now was not a good time, but we didn't often get to chose the time to repay our debts.

Beauty intoxicates the eye, as wine does the body; both are morally fatal if indulged.

Obviously I was either onto something, or on something.

Men of thoughtless actions are always surprised by consequences.

Well, for us, it's always better not to have too many expectations and to just go with the flow because then it's always a big plus no matter what happens.