It is best, it seems to me, to separate one's inner striving from one's trade as far as possible. It is not good when one's daily break is tied to God's special blessing.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

God is clever but not dishonest.

Try not to become a man of success but rather a man of value.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

Most people know nothing about learning

Poetry has a mysterious way of illustrating the landscapes of life. One can't help but love its audacity to record the journey.

Is there nowhere in an American house where one may be by one's self?

[T]he man who meditates is a depraved animal.

The weakness of human reason appears more evidently in those who know it not than in those who know it.

I love Chicago. I know Chicago. And Chicago is a great city. It can be a great city. It can't be a great city if people are shot walking down the street for a loaf of bread.

I think once you recognize the unconditional love of an Almighty, it tends to put joy in your heart. Which in my case, it did.

It's embarrassing that we all just walk through life blindly accepting that scrambled eggs are fundamentally associated with mornings.

Learning a [skateboard] trick is kind of like a puzzle; you have to keep trying, and trying, and trying, and adapting and changing, and adapting and changing, and finally it works.

I never want projects to be finished; I have always believed in unfinished work. I got that from Schubert, you know, the 'Unfinished Symphony.'