One man lies in his words, and gets a bad reputation; another in his manners, and enjoys a good one.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.

be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.

The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.

We are called to service in the kingdom of God. The Christian life is not about what you claim. It is about what you believe. True belief cannot be separated from what we do.

Friendship is a creative and subversive force. It claims that intimacy is the secret law of life and universe.

The assumption that the gospel can be reduced to a note card is already off on the wrong track.

As a human being, member of society, you must clearly state your mind. It's a responsibility. It is the way you identify yourself otherwise you don't know who you are and why you are here.

In an orchard there should be enough to eat, enough to lay up, enough to be stolen, and enough to rot on the ground.

What good is a dream house if you haven't got a dream?

I've struggled with money when I could have had a little more if I'd just taken the damn job.

I'm still learning, you know. At 80, I feel there is a lot I don't know.

Jazz is one of the few things you can do in society and express yourself freely and creatively.

My Nan had a plastic hip put in, but I thought she should have replaced it with a Slinky, 'cause if she fell down the stairs again.