But his singing was unconscious and irrepressible - an expression of his native exuberance, the dreamy, buoyant soundtrack running through his head.

The story of my family. . .changes with the teller.

I wanted only a familiar voice, someone who knew me. Not some earlier, larval version of myself. . .

I open my heart to her and lay it on the table.

A good plan is like a road map: It shows the final destination and usually the best way to get there.

Well, I myself am a 100% atheist. And I am increasingly worried that the Israeli-Palestinian struggle, which dominates our entire life, is assuming a more and more religious character.

It is only upon life’s new journey & pathway that your greatest learning - will be experienced.

Laugh and the world laughs with you snore and you sleep alone.

The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.

When I work I do it from my heart. And my heart is that I bring love to the world. When I travel around the world I bring my love. I bring so much love in my heart. I hope you can feel that.

If you practice the holy exercise of Spiritual Communion a good many times each day, within a month you will see yourself completely changed.

I'd love to break America, like all artists do. It's a lot of work but, you know, it's got to be done!

There's always someone bigger and badder than yourself

We cuss Congress, and we joke about 'em, but they are all good fellows at heart, and if they wasn't in Congress, why, they would be doing something else against us that might be even worse.