Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.

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.

There comes a time when you just have to say, “No!” – to the requests and to the system.

It is well to lie fallow for a while.

The days you work are the best days.

I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning.

People in the BBC are always dying to get out of their open-plan offices.

I looked about for some of my acquaintance, but in vain, for I saw not one person that I knew, which is very odd, for all the world seemed there.

Why couldn't she be part of that family? rent a room in someone else's life.

Traditions have been replaced by lifestyles.

Dexter' I'm very fond of. I got addicted to that.

As far as the charge against me is concerned I have a clear conscience.