The business of art is to enlarge and correct the heart and to lift our ideals out of the ugly and the mean through love of the ideal. The business of art is to appeal to the soul.

Fear is the fire that melts Icarian wings.

I love, and the world is mine!

A man's wisdom is measured by his hope.

But you the pathways of the sky Found first, and tasted heavenly springs, Unfettered as the lark that sings, And knew strange raptures, - though we sigh, "Poor Iccarus!"

I love and the world is mine!

The person you are in the dark will eventually be the person you are in the light.

Character is formed out of those small decisions taken for granted

Enemies strengthn you. Allies weaken you.

Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on.

If a lie is only printed often enough, it becomes a quasi-truth, and if such a truth is repeated often enough, it becomes an article of belief, a dogma, and men will die for it.

When you have the opportunity to make music with great musicians, take it. That's it. That's the only reason I need, really.

There is relief coming. This is good for America. This means that we can lift the oppressive weight of the regulatory state. We can restore the Constitution.

I have always run as hard as I can. You are not going to run any harder with or without men. You are running on your own two feet.

As If I could just turn my feelings off like a faucet.

History is but the polemics of the victor.