It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it.

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.

Press them continually with memory and dream and have them waste their Present there.

They celebrated the sins, while the kindness continued to weep in the corner. The swords of the demons shined brighter, while the wings of the angels were crumpled and bled.

The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.

It's a little strange when you have never been to war, and you eye-roll about a guy who's got shrapnel still in his body, as Chuck Hagel does.

Well now everything dies baby that's a fact But maybe everything that dies someday comes back.

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

To bargain freedom for security is the devil's bargain. Having made the bargain, one enjoys neither freedom nor security.

I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact.

But is not He who created it for the sake of the sick body more than the remedy? And is not He who cures the soul, which is more than the body, greater?

With an ocean between you and your European friends, you have to keep them in your heart.