It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Wow, that is so deep.'He meant it, of course.'You're really real, ' he added breathily. 'Say something else.'I decided he wasn't worth punching, and walked away.

The thing to remember when you're writing is, it's not whether or not what you put on paper is true. It's whether it wakes a truth in your reader.

It is true, that all married men have their own way, but the trouble is they don't all have their own way of having it.

You never display your character more clearly than when you speak about the character of others.

Middle age is when you stop criticizing the older generation and start criticizing the younger one.

The masses do not like those who surpass them in any regard. The average man envies and hates those who are different.

Whatever that be which thinks, understands, wills, and acts, it is something celestial and divine.

I don't want to sit and look at all the trophies. I don't want to live in the past -- I want to live now!

You have to be prepared to take a spill.

An atom must be at least as complex as a grand piano.