Philanthropies and charities have a certain air of quackery.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

We seem to inhabit a universe made up of a small number of elements-particles-bits that swirl in chaotic clouds, occasionally clustering together in geometrically logical temporary configurations.

The only people we want to blame are ourselves, because it will be ourselves that we rely upon.

Folks in Irihs might not be as welcoming as they were here. Resentment lingers.''So we're going to be in danger.''No more than any other day of your life.

I’m a holiday Christian at best and I’d never given much thought to demons. They were an adult version of the boogieman hiding in every kid’s closet.

We must do more to protect our neighborhoods and give integrity to our community plans.

Good teaching is forever being on the cutting edge of a child's competence.

The affectation of some late authors to introduce and multiply cant words is the most ruinous corruption in any language.

Evening bags should be just big enough for my phone, lipstick, house key, and credit card.

We judge of a man's wisdom by his hope, knowing that the inexhaustibleness of nature is an immortal youth.

I was never an activist, in the sense that I didn't really join a lot of organizations. I wasn't out in the streets. But what I did become was a writer. My activism was in writing.