It is only to the individual that a soul is given. And the high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule, or to impose himself in any other way.

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.

Mae West had it right—try anything once, do it again if you like it.

There’s no such thing as perfection, and even if there were, I think it’d be rather boring.

There's never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.

There was a theft! But, of course, if it was up to me, every two years I would win an Oscar.

I cannot remember a time when the Golden Rule was not my motto and precept, the torch that guided my footsteps.

I had not yet acquired the experience which gives modesty.

When in doubt, make a red painting.

I'm a big buffet dude, or I'm a big cheap-food-and-order-more-when-I-need-it dude.

That's why I'm very proud of being American. I'm proud to pay taxes. I pay a lot of taxes, but it sure beats the alternative.

Because we cannot know what God is, but only what He is not, we cannot consider how He is but only how He is not.