Before Man made us citizens, great Nature made us men.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

Ignorance isn't a sword. It's a weight that drags a soul swirling to the bottom of the sea.

All true teachings expand awareness, not limit it.

You're my present and my future Sadie, I will use whatever power I have to make you happy.

If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.

The only thing that matters is the choice you are making now--this very instant.

Without music, life would be a mistake... I would only believe in a God who knew how to dance.

Is it reasonable to assume a purposiveness in all the parts of nature and to deny it to the whole?

As an Asian American at pilot season you take whatever there is.

I was going to get drafted, but I didn't really want to go into the Army.

Learn always but never appear to be learning.