It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pour in.

Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.

When you are not happy with your life, always think that someone is happy simply because you exist

It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

Even the weak become strong when they are united.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?

Every true genius is bound to be naive.

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Art is the daughter of freedom.

A library could show you everything if you knew where to look.

Like a flower, bloom with all your love and power.

Love is the most powerful force in the universe we have the ability power to give and receive it.

No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them.

Curiosity is the essence of human existence.

I'm not the prototype wide receiver. But I like to think I'm one hell of a football player.

Socialism and capitalism are both essentially materialist, just different ways of approaching the lifeless world of matter and deciding how to share the spoils.

We're alike, Jess would tell himself, me and Miss Edmunds . . . We don't belong at Lark Creek, Julia and me.

The loss of innocent life is a tragedy for anyone involved in it, but the numbers are really very low.

I had 500 kids at camp this past summer for example. We do nine weeks for kids and nine days for grown ups every summer. The adult camp is a lot of fun.