Once you have given up the ghost, everything follows with dead certainty, even in the midst of chaos.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

War - hard apprenticeship of freedom.

I used to wake up in the morning and say, 'Oh, God.' Now I wake up in the morning and look forward to life.

Now, my knowledge of photography was terribly limited.

The American people expect and deserve a government that works and leaders who work together.

Don't worry about your individual numbers. Worry about the team. If the team is successful, each of you will be successful, too.

My family is full of musicians, and a couple of times a year we get together and jam at my cousin's studio. We improvise and have a great time.

My grandpa taught me how to live off the land.

My writing is extremely important, so I write every day. I just enjoy it. I get a kick out of it.

Everyone I talk to has a Genesis story to tell.

People prefer the certainty of misery to the misery of uncertainty