Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

Great hopes make great men.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.

As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.

God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Plant thy foot firmly in the prints which His foot has made before thee.

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.