If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population. When it reaches its true law of action, every man that is born will be hailed as essential.

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.

Badmind is such a treacherous emotion because the very thing someone badmind's you for, is the same thing he/she wants for themselves.

The state of ambiguity - that messy, greasy, mixed-up, confused, and awful situation you're living through right now - is enlightenment itself.

No one checked to see if I had a place to live or food to eat, and at 14, I found myself basically on my own.

Sometimes you just have to be patient and brave and strong. If you don't know how, just make it up as you go along.

My mother loved the Bible.

Presidents have only two moments of personal seclusion. One is prayer; the other fishing - and they cannot pray all the time!

It is a mistake to think of creative activity as something unusual

Rich people should consider that they are only trustees for what they posses, and should show their wealth to be more in doing good than merely in having it.

By 78 you've done everything you're going to do. If you haven't bungee-jumped by the time you're 78 you're not going to do it.

Inflation, being a fraudulent invasion of property, could not take place on the free market.