I am positively against all this crap which is carried on first in the name of this thing, then in the name of that. I believe only in what is active, immediate, and personal.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

Each one of us has hated his or her parents at some point in early life … how quickly we turn around our feelings determines our extent of success.

Mental anguish always results from the avoidance of legitimate suffering.

You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works.

I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.

Good deeds never go unpunished.

As warriors, as humanitarians, they've taught me that without courage, compassion falters, and that without compassion, courage has no direction.

When I go to the garage to pick up my clubs, I clean the spider webs off.

Ultimately, my proposal isn't intended to increase or decrease the amount of federal spending spent on antipoverty programs.

The truth is, there is no line. There's only your life, how you mess it up, and who is there to save you. Or who isn't.

Education affects every major challenge we face in society. It creates economic growth, paves the way for peace and stability and helps erase the legacy of marginalization.