Freedom is not an individual effort.Yours comes only when you grant others theirs

Stupid people will mistake your confidence for arrogance.

The self-realized spirit is merely a spirit emancipated from fear, judgement and knowing.

When I was 7 years old I saw Jimmy Connors make someone carry his bag, as though he were Julius Caesar. I vowed then and there that I would always carry my own.

Put one dumb foot in front of the other and course-correct as you go.

In this uncertain space between birth and death, especially here at the end of the world in Moonlight Bay, we need hope as surely as we need food and water, love and friendship.

Spells of acute loneliness are an essential part of travel. Loneliness makes things happen.

Accessible local libraries are vital to communities and to children.

Control your thoughts and you control your circumstance.

The plants which stand next to dwarf trees in importance with the Chinese are certainly chrysanthemums, which they manage extremely well, perhaps better than they do any other plant.

Although we are being presented in Carnegie Hall, we have to furnish a budget for our guest stars, and for the music writing - which is a huge budget in any orchestra that plays popular music.