None so little enjoy themselves, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do. Only the active have the true relish of life.

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.

If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.

Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority.

All the ills from which America suffers can be traced back to the teaching of evolution. It would be better to destroy every other book ever written, and save just the first three verses of Genesis.

Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.

No one can earn a million dollars honestly.

Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.

Two people in a conversation amount to four people talking. The four are what one person says, what he really wanted to say, what his listener heard, and what he thought he heard.

My life's work is to create tools to empower and elevate life on the planet. To create global change, one heart at a time.

Jasper!” Casey shouts, startling the young woman. “My cargo is talking to me!

The cold stars spun to the ancient rhythm, the august march of an everlasting symphony. They are old, the stars, and their memory is long.

We must reform society before we can reform ourselves.

It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight.

I love meeting new people; I think everyone has a story to tell. We should all listen sometimes.

I don't see the world as you see it. I see it as a game, and my aim is to complete it. What you live for is what you die for: To make a little name, grab some fame and the high score.

In Brazil there are more Avon ladies than members of the army. In the United States more money is spent on beauty than on education or social services.

Each woman is like an instrument, waiting to be learned, loved, and finely played, to have at last her own true music made.

It's a long way from not having enough serotonin to thinking the world is "stale, flat and unprofitable"; even further to writing a play about a man driven by that thought.