If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.

Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.

People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.

Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

What a delight to desire to pray?

Just because the world often seemed to reward ugliness was no excuse to give up on beauty.

The term compassion means shared suffering. You develop compassion by knowing what it is like to suffer.

I've been writing a lot of country music again. I've written some bluegrass material. I'm having a good time doing that.

At seventeen I'm waiting for my life to actually begin. I'm afraid I'll wake up tomorrow eighty years old and I WILL STILL BE WAITING.

I never like to say that I 'believe' anything. There are no ideas worth believing.

Three reasons not to have a [spending] plan: 1. You're rich enough to buy anything you want and still have plenty of money left over. 2. I forget the other two.

Putting words on paper regularly is part of the necessary discipline of writing. A journal is a great way to do that.

You must question a code of ethics that never impedes your progress.

The artistic desire reveals itself in dark form - in karaoke bars [or] trolling on the Internet.