One must place one's principles in big things. For the small, graciousness will suffice.

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless.

Whoever gives nothing, has nothing. The greatest misfortune is not to be unloved, but not to love.

Life is a sum of all your choices". So, what are you doing today?

The Four Conditions of Happiness: Life in the open air, Love for another being,Freedom from ambition,Creation

You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.

If that poem idea is in your head NOW, write it down. Right now. Or lose it. For when it's gone, it's gone forever...

To love is the supreme right of the human heart.

Respect the past in the full measure of its desserts but do not make the mistake of confusing it with the present nor seek in it the ideals of the future.

One Christmas my father kept our tree up till March. He hated to see it go. I loved that.

When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands.

I'm going to fight as hard as I can to make sure people have the futures that they deserve here in America.

Do not be ungrateful to animals.

Love is never convenient-and rarely painless

I’ve always known that there’s more going on inside me than finds its way into the world, but this is probably true of everyone. Who doesn’t regret that he isn’t more fully understood?

My father bought me a little cardboard accordion, and when I was three I got this little machine.