One is not struck by the truth until prompted quite accidentally by some external event.

If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of.

I know an alcoholic is the worse, but sometimes I wonder if it's better to have a drinking father that lives at home, or a drinking father, that never comes around.

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.

I would like a simple life / yet all night I am laying / poems away in a long box.

I don't want easy, just possible.

Trust that little voice in your head that says 'Wouldn't it be interesting if...'; And then do it.

What the future holds for you depends on your state of consciousness now.

I have the stardom glow.

Yonder are the Hessians. They were bought for seven pounds and tenpence a man. Are you worth more? Prove it. Tonight the American flag floats from yonder hill or Molly Stark sleeps a widow!

People are governed by the head; a kind heart is of little value in chess.

If you take a deep breath and look around, 'Look what's happening to me!' can become 'Look what's happening!' And what's happening? The incredible drama of life is happening. And we're in it!