Even the idiot may have a message for us

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

Do a loony-goony dance 'Cross the kitchen floor, Put something silly in the world That ain't been there before.

I enjoyed learning the poems, but I didn't understand of what use they might possibly be. ‘They'll keep you company on the day you have no books to read,' my teacher said.

I love people and psychology. As a writer, I’m not so interested in Fred getting from the living room to the car. I want to go inside Fred’s soul and play there.

Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.

When I do my vocal warm-ups everyone calls me the dolphin because I do stupid siren noises.

There are voices and they must be heard.

Teaching is a creative profession, not a delivery system. Great teachers do [pass on information], but what great teachers also do is mentor, stimulate, provoke, engage.

There's no reason to do anything twice, and certainly no reason to do something that almost killed you.

There is no such thing as an "atrocity" in warfare that is greater than the atrocity of warfare itself.

Really being friends is the most important part, I think, of any relationship.