It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.

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.

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.

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.

If people aren't able to see your magnificence that's their loss, not yours.

I do not believe in karma. However, I practice it everyday because it tricks me into being a better person!

First, it is essential to determine precisely what you wantto achieve. Just wanting to be “successful” is too general.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.

The sentiments of an adult are compounded of a kernel of instinct surrounded by a vast husk of education.

When we think too much about the opinions of others, we are letting them edit a book God has written.

Never give up, never escape, take everything in, and perhaps suffer, that's not too awful either, but never, never give up.

Only by chancing the ridiculous, can I hope for the sublime.

I feel like I envision a lot of hamstrings getting pulled and a lot of bumps and bruises out there.

My father speaks for himself, through his music.