Faith makes us, and not we it; and faith makes its own forms.

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 lost your innocence when you grew up, all right, everyone knew that, but did you have to lose your hope, as well?

I thought it was quite wonderful coming to America. I think immigration is a very difficult thing, but America is a very wonderful place.

For I am I: ergo, the truth of myself; my own sphinx, conflict, chaos, vortex—asymmetric to all rhythms, oblique to all paths. I am the prism between black and white: mine own unison in duality.

bad news travels faster than good.

When you're playing a tough guy, all the other guys want to be tough right back at you and it amps them up.

Maybe it was the angle, but her fawn's eyes, looking up at me, seemed larger than ever. I had to make an effort to keep my balance lest I fall into them.

Neckties strangle clear thinking.

Love costs all we are and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free. A Brave and Startling Truth.

Until you decide what something means, it has no meaning at all. You determine what something means.

Humanity inspires me, people inspire me, I've always been a people person, and I love people.