Every materialist will be an idealist; but an idealist can never go backward to be a materialist.

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.

You said th' Magic was in my back. Th' doctor calls it rheumatics.

Swaddle in our favorites, we missed out on what was in our peripheral vision.

The difference between living and half living is seeing well, looking for associations between things, seeking the connections, being aware of scale and proportion.

Don't wear your heart on your sleeve when your remarks are off the cuff.

I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them.

Literature is the daughter of heaven, who descended upon earth to soften and charm all human ills.

Go now and wash yourself first, for the sun will laugh at you if he sees how dirty you are.

Intellectually religious emotions are not creative but conservative. They attach themselves readily to the current view of the world and consecrate it.

good and evil travel on the same road, but they leave different impressions.

All children are my children.