Are you aware that rushing toward a goal is a sublimated death wish? It's no coincidence we call them 'deadlines.'

Reality whistles a different tune underwater.

We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide.

In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that doesn't creak.

The beet is the most intense of vegetables

Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.

It is better to be small, colorful, sexy, careless, and peaceful.

To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.

We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.

(On being in a position of leadership) Even if it's your dog, you've got authority over somebody. Start treating him better.

Once-upon-a-time we buried the memories we didn't want.

Religion is the subjective experience. Science is the objective reality. To argue either is a ridiculous waste of time and energy.

A fulfilling life is different to each person. You have to acknowledge your dreams, and not just wait for life to happen, and opportunities to come knocking at your door.

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American.

Oh, these vast, calm, measureless mountain days, inciting at once to work and rest!

The downside to celebrity is when you make it a 24 hour thing. I think celebrity is about turning it on and turning it off.

I believe that as long as a single man may try, any unjustifiable barrier against his efforts is a barrier against mankind.

Adam was a gardener, and God, who made him, sees that half of all good gardening is done upon the knees.