Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.

A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.

Every human life involves an unfathomable mystery, for man is the riddle of the universe, and the riddle of man in his endowment with personal capacities.

In the foothills of the Himalayas, one hears the prayer: "Oh Lord, we know not what is good for us. You know what it is. For it we pray."

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.

No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

No virtue is more universally accepted as a test of good character than trustworthiness .

Prayer opens our lives for God so his will can be done in and through us, because in true prayer we habitually put ourselves into the attitude of willingness to do whatever God wills.

It is magnificent to grow old, if one keeps young.

Always take a job that is too big for you.

Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.

Every Anglophile has his own private England which is, of course, unrecognizable to the English.

In disquisitions of every kind there are certain primary truths, or first principles, upon which all subsequent reasoning must depend.

The most important thing for me is the direct observation of nature in its light-filled existence.

But if you listen to great piano players, both classical and jazz, theres a huge range of dynamics and colors and emotional expression thats possible with the instrument.

Our taste is too delicate and particular. It says nay to the poet's work, but never yea to his hope.

I can't tan naturally.

Mine. He was mine, and not even death would take him from me—not if I could help it.

I'm the gun guy, a loud guitar Dirty Harry with a ponytail.

A glass of good wine is a gracious creature, and reconciles poor mortality to itself and that is what few things can do.