I don't think we should read for instruction but to give our souls a chance to luxuriate.

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.

You always have a choice. Choose to be splendid.

People who make time for the sadness in your life, not just the joy, are worth keeping around.

The more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success - or failure.

My pilot's license. I'm proud of that.

I finally accepted Jesus. not as my personal savior, but as a man I intend to borrow money from.

Love is the most subtle form of self-interest.

No good model ever accounted for all the facts, since some data was bound to be misleading if not plain wrong.

I just feel passionately about a few things and particularly about helping artists get off the ground.

... they have never seen you ... I would recognize you anywhere.

One cannot use an evil action with reference to a good intention.