Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality.

Life leaps like a geyser for those willing to drill through the rock of inertia.

Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.

The quality of life is more important than life itself.

Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.

Men grow when inspired by a high purpose, when contemplating vast horizons. The sacrifice of oneself is not very difficult for one burning with the passion for a great adventure.

Prayer is the most powerful form of energy one can generate....It supplies us with a flow of sustaining power in our daily lives.

Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace.

It is faith, and not reason, which impels men to action... Intelligence is content to point out the road, but never drives us along it.

All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people.

The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of one's day and every night to examine the results obtained.

I have lived most of my life in soldiers’ camps. I know what they saw. I know how they think. Their confidence sours as sudden as curdled milk.

I'm not a stranger, " I said, and pointed to his book. "I'm someone who reads the same authors you do.

I carry the Sun in a Golden Cup, the Moon in a Silver Bag.

Everybody says that I have a lot of power. But what does that power consist of?... Can I influence governments? I am beginning to be able to..." (1995)

Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough jobs, both of these.

The depth of your art is subject to originality

Young people in the business have grown up and made the wrong decisions, or bad decisions, and haven't been good role models. To be someone that people look up to is important to me.

Budgets are moral documents. Federal funding should reflect the priorities and the values of the majority of the American people.

Why can't you write a great pop song when you are 85? Maybe you can.

We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious... and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.