Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function; living is the functionary.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

I'd rather hear an ugly truth, rather than an obscure lie.

With my love I will touch you.With my love I will heal you.With my love I will surround you.With my love I will melt you.

He speaks to the poor, the powerless, and he mocks the rich and powerful. He isn't the Messiah the Pharisees are looking for.

The past has to be remembered, so that it's never repeated.

Every hour of every day, God is richly blessing us; both when we sleep and when we wake His mercy waits upon us.

In good old Colonial Dunsboro, masochism is a valuable job skill. It is in most jobs.

In the paintings I was always interested in taking elements of space and the reality that we know and dissolving it into patterns.

People have a hard time accepting when someone displays even the slightest amount of discomfort in the spotlight. You're supposed to soak up every bit of fame like it’s sunshine.

The perfect story is one you can retell in three minutes, and every single sentence is interesting.

I like to ride the line between absurd and sincere.