Concepts that have proven useful in ordering things easily achieve such authority over us that we forget their earthly origins and accept them as unalterable givens.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

God is clever but not dishonest.

Try not to become a man of success but rather a man of value.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

If you educate a man you educate a person, but if you educate a woman you educate a family

Past beings interact with present ones because life and death are a continuum and expiration entails no loss of vital essence.

Oh...oh, goddess, it's true about your tongues...

Between understanding and faith immediate connections must subsist.

You've got to experiment to figure out what works.

You could get a cheer by saying: 'Let's withdraw from Afghanistan', but I don't think that's where the public's at. It wouldn't be responsible.

Ideas need collective thought.

My first instrument was the drums. Not quite sure why I quit and changed to guitar, but I'm sure my parents might have convinced me that the guitar was way better.

I think of myself as a realistic writer, not a creator of soap opera or melodrama.

Ideals are like the stars - you can't touch them with your hands, but by following them you reach your destination.