“Our life is like a land journey, too even and easy and dull over long distances across the plains, too hard and painful up the steep grades; but, on the summits of the mountain, you have a magnific...”

“Perhaps this general degradation was the result of too much crowding, too little privacy, too much noise. You couldn't be decent if you weren't intelligent; you couldn't be intelligent if you could...”

“Hoarded things might easily become a menace; a mere fire-and-theft risk; a breeding-ground for destructive insects; a source of worry. Men would have plenty of anxieties, but there was no sense in ...”

“I never thought much about flowers until I made the close acquaintance of a man who knew all about them. You would have thought that the butterflies and flowers were friends of his. 'See how richly...”

“So much the better. The higher the price you have to pay, the more you will cherish it.”

“Patience is one of the keys to success but I came to understand that you have to be patient while working not while waiting. After sowing, you still have to water your seed while waiting for the fr...”

“Sometimes the purpose of the rose is simply to draw attention to the rose.”

“The immediate result of your infinite patience is peace”

“My religion is Get Over It.”

“Resiliency, like a cartwheel, requires core strength and a disregard for gravity. Only one of which can be willed.”

“Resilience is about B.O.U.N.C.E-Bouncing forward includes bouncing back.”

“Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.”

“I've learned over the years to appreciate God's timing, and you can't rush things; it's gonna happen exactly when it's supposed to.”

“I think marriage is all about timing.”