Life is an endless process of self-discovery.

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all.

The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursuing his education.

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community.

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.

True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.

Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.

The cynic says, "One man can't do anything". I say, "Only one man can do anything."

If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are.

If you have a goal, write it down. If you do not write it down, you do not have a goal - you have a wish.

Take a chance on God. After all, He took a chance on you.

All work which is necessary ennobles him who performs it. Only one thing is shameful - to contribute nothing to the community.

And books which told me everything about the wasp, except why.

Things break all the time. Day breaks, waves break, voices break. Promises break. Hearts break.

Color is all. When color is right, form is right. Color is everything, color is vibration like music; everything is vibration.

One life is too short for doing everything.

Liberty in thought and action is the only condition of life, growth and well-being: Where it does not exist, the man, the race, and the nation must go down.

You cannot always wait for the perfect time. Sometimes you must dare to jump.

It doesn't matter how many times you win an award, it is always very special.