Poverty consist in feeling poor.

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.

Grace is darkness and light, peacefully co-existing, as illumination.

Mornin', ladies. My goodness, don't you look happy. Must be cuttin' somebody up pretty good.

Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!

I've never really been a workaholic.

In this cruel world kindness should always be repaid.

Advice to young writers? Always the same advice: learn to trust our own judgment, learn inner independence, learn to trust that time will sort the good from the bad– including your own bad.

I listened to a lot of stories when I was a kid. My mother told me stories, and I loved them.

Water jokes about the obstacles on its way; wise man jokes about the obstacles on his way!

I'd like to think that the notion of inspiration will transcend cultural things that are going on. There's something classic about this movie that I'm hoping reaches kids.

If I move, if I speak, if I so much as blink, I'm going to lose this battle.