A man should carry nature in his head.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

I think in life, there are certain choices you make that are timeless and universal, and don't necessarily have anything to do with the particulars of a certain decade.

It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders, coming of themselves like grass.

Follow the truth of the way. Reflect upon it. Make it your own. Live it. It will always sustain you.

For siege works against bold and venturesome men should be constructed on one plan, on another against cautious men, and on still another against the cowardly.

You are here, and there is nothing to fear. Count your blessings and before you're finished counting, you"ll have even more

I can’t remember a time when I didn’t want to be an actor. It has just always been an inevitability on some level.

I don't have a distaste for ambiguity, in fact, ambiguity is what I think life is all about.

I think envy motivates a lot of people.

Looking at voter behavior over the years I'm always interested to see and impressed to see how voters eventually find the key issues that matter to them to cast their vote.

I don't yet know what style will be required for my next novel, but my sense is that each book will involve a new relationship to language.