In order to thoroughly enjoy anything, one must feel the absence of it at times.

The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more attention to the organization than to what they're organized for.

Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.

Everything from the little house was in the wagon, except the beds and tables and chairs. They did not need to take these, because Pa could always make new ones.

It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.

We are the heirs of the ages; but the estate is entailed, as large estates frequently are, so that while we inherit the earth, the great round world which is God's footstool, we have only the use of it while we live and must pass it on to those come after us. We hold the property in trust and have no right to injure it or to lessen its value. To do so is dishonest, stealing from our heirs their inheritance.

Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.