Honor and fortune exist for him who always recognizes the neighborhood of the great, always feels himself in the presence of high causes.

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.

Ask yourself this question everyday: What is it about me that other people would change if they could?

When men start talking about 'honor', there is sure to be trouble ahead.

We are not voting for health care if we do not resolve this language on public funding for abortion - no public funding for abortion.

Don't try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist; use it to be a better whatever-you-al ready-are.

At all times, day by day, we have to continue fighting for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom from want... for these are things that must be gained in peace as well as in war.

I am overrun, infested with a menagerie of desires.

We can't say what enlightenment is, we can't say what it isn't, because these are words and words have nothing to do with reality.

I never could be a partisan leader - a man of one idea.

Having a voice unlike another means you've "found yourself" as a writer.

Don't wear eyeliner with too much facial hair. It looks strange.