I have never observed other effects of whipping than to render boys more cowardly, or more willfully obstinate.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Ithink that theworld should be full of cats and full of rain, that's all, justcats andrain, rain and cats, very nice, goodnight.

Always wear a smile because you never know who is watching.

He who owns the soil, owns up to the sky.

Hey Lord... Whatever I done... Don't strike me blind for another couple ah minutes.

You can't suffer over two things at once.

And you don't want to just totally mess up the rhythm when you're playing with Bob Dylan.

If I had some information, the last thing I would ever do with it is send it to Wikileaks.

In a kinder world," he whispered, "one I promise you I've seen, men and women flirt and dance and love with only the fear of what it would mean without the other in their lives.

You have a right to say what you believe, and I have a right.

Thank God and Greyhound you're gone.