A poet is one who can call forth the good latent in the human beast.

Where there is love there is life.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

The future depends on what you do today.

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.

All things are ready, if our mind be so.

Women are our most miraculous muse, an enchanted intangibility that encourages all art.

To discover your mission and put it into action - instead of worrying on the sidelines - is to find peace of mind and a heart full of love.

Elvis was a major hero of mine. I was probably stupid enough to believe that having the same birthday as him actually meant something.

Don't Stop when you are Tired. Stop When You are Done.

I hope the new health care exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act will provide some help.

Make peace with the universe. Take joy in it. It will turn to gold. Resurrection will be now. Every moment, a new beauty.

Self-possession is the backbone of authority.

I think the best thing is being able to play golf competitively for a living. Ever since I was a little boy, that's something I've always wanted to do, and now I get a chance to live out my dreams.

So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say.