Every spirit builds itself a house; and beyond its house, a world; and beyond its world a heaven. Know then, that the world exists for you: build, therefore, your own world.

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.

It is a sound like loneliness—enough to let you know you’re there, but not enough to fill you with life.

I tasted the bread and wine of equality.

The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.

Anxiety must go. It must be replaced by faith and solemn confidence in the outworking of the divine plan.

I'm a small-town girl, and it'll never be beaten out of me.

I'm usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl.

Had I children, my utmost endeavors would be to make them musicians.

Buddhists talk about nirvana in very much the same terms as monotheists describe God.

I attended [Sir Humphry] Davy's lectures to renew my stock of metaphors.

The best revenge against bullies is absolutely, resolutely, never to let them change who you are. Know that whatever bullies say or do - it comes from their weakness, not yours.