The art of sculpture is long ago perished to any real effect... it is the game of a rude and youthful people, and not the manly labour of a wise and spiritual nation.

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.

I do think that poetry is important though, if you don’t strive at it, if you don’t fill it full of stars and falseness.

One of the surprising discoveries of modern psychology is how easy it is to be ignorant of your own ignorance.

Sow an act reap a habit sow a habit reap a character sow a character reap a destiny.

They live in perpetual fear of the time they call "The Coming of the Great White Handkerchief

I don’t believe in categories of any kind, and when you speak of problems between blacks and whites in the U.S.A. you are referring to categories again.

[Scientific testing] can't determine how the mind will tolerate pain in a race. Sometimes, I say, 'Today I can die.'

If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're gonna get selfish, ignorant leaders.

You know, having raised animals all my life for 50-something years, I would say that you know, I'm fascinated by cats.

Why were there no buoys in life to show you the way?

I have worked every day since the age of fifteen, supporting not only myself, but also helping a sizable family when needed.