The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.

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.

Always carry champagne! In victory You deserve it & in defeat You need it!

What happens to you as an individual is you plus the world rather than you alone.

What kind of Christmas present would Jesus ask Santa for?

I'm no hillbilly singer.

Conservatives define themselves more by their hatred of liberals than anything else, and, conversely, liberals by their distaste for conservatives.

Such compositions, line and color ideas, such wonders come into my mind and have stuck! - They will this time be dismissed only by being painted out.

To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play black classical music.

Tomorrow is a thief of pleasure.

It's stunning to me what kind of an impact even one person can have

Whatever I do might be good, it might be bad, it might be all sorts of things, but it's not mediocre.