Let us not be too much acquainted. I would have a man enter his house through a hall filled with heroic and sacred sculptures, that he might not want the hint of tranquillity and self-poise.

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.

And prayer? How could you pray to a God you wanted to hit?

Never give up fighting against the universe because we exist in life through action, through fighting!

Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.

The aim of all education is, or should be, to teach people to educate themselves.

Ten years ago, desalination was the crazy aunt in the attic. That's changed. It is now entering the mainstream and being taken seriously.

I'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book down.

[On her husband:] The other day he woke up with a headache. I felt sorry for him. I would like to help him but I can't. I told him so many times. When he jumps out of bed - it should be feet first.

It is courage based on confidence, not daring, and it is confidence based on experience.

Government was instituted by God to bring His laws to people and to carry out His will and purposes.

I refuse the title of artist to those who owe their reputations to a physical deformity. I regard them as buffoons.