Beautiful that war and all its deeds of carnage, must in time be utterly lost.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

We were together. I forget the rest.

Either define the moment or the moment will define you.

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

Be curious, not judgmental.

Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

The truth is simple. If it was complicated, everyone would understand it.

When one reaches out to help another he touches the face of God.

If you don’t know the difference between theology and religiousstudies, then you’re a theologian.

Only criminals and madmen walk into Central Park after midnight...or, occasionally, an actor. (Dark City Lights)

The object of oratory is not truth but persuasion.

There's nothing like impending death to rouse you from existential boredom.

Come on, Forney.' Novalee, it's a parasite.' But it's a tradition.' It's a parasite! And you expect people yo stand under it and kiss?' Yes! it's what people do with mistletoe.

Believe only what you know and all of what you know.

I'm so happy, I can hardly spit.

I learned to travel, then I travelled to learn.

Gratitude is a virtue which, according to the general apprehension of mankind, approaches more nearly than almost any other social virtue to justice.

When leaders care less about their people, their people will be careless.