Success is rarely the result of one swell swoop, but more often the culmination of many, many small victories.

Life is a circle. The end of one journey is the beginning of the next.

The strength of a tree, the old ones say, comes not from growing thicker in the good years when there is water, but from staying alive in the bad, dry times.

You can think whatever you want, say whatever you want, and do whatever you want, as long as you are willing to face the consequences.

... Our ability to reason has not given us special status, only a greater responsibility.

Accepting that we have weaknesses becomes a strength.

Bravery is a requisite virtue because life demands it.

A tree sings to us with her beauty and her love. It is our responsibility to listen to her music.

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

No specific technology. My guess is that it was the instinct always to go to maximum scale. Great Britain kept much more of a small shop mindset well into the twentieth century, for instance.

The rain probably dampened the spirits of those that decided not to come. But the people who were here didn't know it was raining because they were having so much fun.

When I was growing up, I would go hang out with older guys at night in blues clubs.

Reading history while you make history can teach you a lot.

If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.

Religion reveals the meaning of life, and science only applies this meaning to the course of circumstances.

In your flaws are hidden your strength. Your perfect imperfection will lead you to change.

To me, England is past its sell-by date. It's not the country I grew up in.