It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.
Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone's task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.
I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.
Johnny Cash has always been larger than life.
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go.
It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.
A person's a person, no matter how small.
I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.
A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers.