It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.

I ask myself: is every story that has ever been written in this world, a story of suffering and affliction?

The stories are success stories. The letters from listeners often touch the heart and can be inspiring.

As a teenager, I was really trying to have fun 24 hours a day. I didn't start thinking until I was 20 or 21. I was doing regular goof-ball stuff.

The greatest fear that I have regarding the outcome for America of these disclosures is that nothing will change.

One of the most important things a gardener does is look. The rewards are immeasurable.

I like to watch comedies; the most dramatic that I used to get was 'Forrest Gump.'

The Bible is the book of my life. It's the book I live with, the book I live by, the book I want to die by.

When every day seems the same, it is because we have stopped noticing the good things that appear in our lives.

By the time you establish your priorities, there really isn't any fun or need to interest yourself in what you're doing. And this I find disastrous.

It is hope that maintains most of mankind.