Cities force growth and make men talkative and entertaining but they make them artificial.

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.

... anyone can acquire wealth, the real art is giving it away.

You speak Arabic? Tell him my name is Infidel Redeemed by Christ.

The slightest act of love holds greater spiritual power than a thousand rituals.

History is a pageant and not a philosophy.

When Solomon said there was a time and a place for everything he had not encountered the problem of parking his automobile.

I don't have the proudest moment in football.

I feel this way about a lot of movies, that the characters are idealized versions of people. For better or worse, I am as fascinated with human flaws as anything.

Happiness depends on how you accept, understand and surrender to situations.

When I was in Minnesota serving in the state Senate and in Washington, DC, I did everything I could to defeat cap and trade. I didn't work to implement cap and trade.

Accomplishments have taken virtue's place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.