Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

Do not measure success by today's harvest. Measure success by the seeds you plant today.

Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.

Positive thinkers use sentences like “I can do it”

If sexy scares you, don't listen to my music.

I am afraid that I rather give myself away when I explain," said he. "Results without causes are much more impressive.

The real goal of Zen is to find a way of life that's easy and undramatic. Strong attachments lead to upset and drama.

Alan King, a comedian I adored, was considered society, and I was considered the Jewish kid from the neighborhood.

There is nothing waste, nothing sterile, nothing dead in the universe; no chaos, no confusions, save in appearance.

I'm a method actor as well as a method singer.

There are two things you can be certain of: dying and getting the arse as a football coach.

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer.

To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.