The Italians are fond of red clothes, peacock plumes, and embroidery; and I remember one rainy morning in the city of Palermo, the street was ablaze with scarlet umbrellas.

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.

The only path that has any meaning is one that resolves your being in the feeling that your heart is empowered by doing what is necessary for your existence.

Even now that he is gone I have him still, in the richness of my memories. I've lived my life again just telling it to you.

Two wrongs can never make a right.

I have an awfully good life.

Cooking is at once one of the simplest and most gratifying of the arts, but to cook well one must love and respect food.

Only fools worship their tools

We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit.

Technology is that which separates us from our environment.

Technology is ruled by two types of people: those who manage what they do not understand, and those who understand what they do not manage.

Most films these days are men's stories. Women are for add-on romance. That's very hard.