The great virtue of man lies in his ability to correct his mistakes and to continually make a new man of himself.

Even a life raft is only supposed to get you from the sinking ship back to land, you were never intended to live in the life raft, to drift years on end, in sight of land but never close enough.

We may indeed in counsel point to the higher road, but we cannot compel any free creature to walk upon it. That leadeth to tyranny, which disfigureth good and maketh it seem hateful.

Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.

I don't know if the idea of a career in show business or in the arts in general was looked down upon as much as by baby boomers as it was by their parents.

Now get this: I was happy in the moment. As I'm happy, the next moment brings its own rewards. As I'm happy in that moment, it too gives birth to more joy.

Society is defined not only by what it creates, but by what it refuses to destroy.

For the religious the holy is truth, for the philosophic the truth is holy.

Books light the fire-whether it's a book that's already written, or an empty journal that needs to be filled in.

I did photography, painting, and drawing, but I prefer sculpture. I like it because it's very physical.

In 1945, there were more people killed, more buildings destroyed, more high explosives set off, more fires burning than before or since.