For the preacher's merit or demerit, It were to be wished that the flaws were fewer In the earthen vessel, holding treasure, But the main thing is, does it hold good measure Heaven soon sets right all other matters!

That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.

The whole business of marshaling one's energies becomes more and more important as one grows older.

Synchronicity is God sending us messages anonymously.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. . . I want to achieve it through not dying.

If I could define enlightenment briefly I would say it is "the quiet acceptance of what is.".

Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it.

Behold, I show you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye... -Corinthians.

Never frown...even when you're sad you never know when someone is falling in love with your smile.

Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it's enough.

O, monstrous! but one half-pennyworth of bread to this intolerable deal of sack! -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4.

Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth, inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.

The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.

Seek the Infinite, for that alone is Joy unlimited, imperishable, unfailing, self-sustaining, unconditioned, timeless. When you have this joy, human life becomes a paradise; the light, the grace, the power, the perfections of that which is highest in your inner consciousness, appear in your everyday life.

I could drown in a frown and swim in a smile.

Modesty antedates clothes and will be resumed when clothes are no more. Modesty died when clothes were born. Modesty died when false modesty was born.

Cheerfulness, sir, is the principle ingredient in the composition of health.

The closest distance between two people is a good laugh.

The variety of all things forms a pleasure.

Egotism is the art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.