Nature is very un-American. Nature never hurries.

There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is

Love, in the divine alchemy of life, transmutes all duties into privileges, all responsibilities into joys.

Every man has an atmosphere which is affecting every other.

Education, in its highest sense, is conscious training of mind or body to act unconsciously. It is conscious formation of mental habits, not mere acquisition of information.

Worry is forethought gone to seed.

Man does not drift into goodness...the chance port of an aimless voyage. He must fight ever for his destination.

A fad lives its life in a few weeks; a philosophy lives through generations and centuries; a principle, forever.

Happiness is the soul's joy in the possession of the intangible.

Life is not something to be lived through: it is something to be lived up to. It is a privilege, not a penal servitude of so many decades on earth.

Life is a state of constant radiation and absorption; to exist is to radiate; to exist is to be the recipient of radiations.

You mistake us for abstaining your kind from undeserving happiness when all we do is to fight for our cause. We are soldiers, not rebels.

And metaphors like cats behind your smile, Each one wound up to purr, each one a pride, Each one a fine gold beast you've hid inside (...)

Can I work with corporations? Are there good corporations doing incredible cutting edge research and development? Absolutely they are. And we should be proud of them.

I love the competition no matter at what age.

I know that Colbert could quote Thomas Aquinas and all this, but I'm somebody who, because it's a necessity for me on a personal basis. I need it because I'm a lunatic.

Time does not become sacred to us until we have lived it.

I have never been racist.

I stick to safe, controlled movement. If it's not safe, I just won't do it.

If there is any person to whom you feel a dislike, that is the person of whom you ought never to speak.

The universal truth is beyond question-the only people who excel are those who have decided to do so.