I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

Living well is the best revenge.

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.