The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records between the material and the moral nature.

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.

To work best democracy needs a diversity of thoughts, ideas and expression. This is only possible with freedom and civility.

Today, a couple with 'just married' tags collided head-on with a hearse carrying two coffins in the back, both of a married couple that had previouslydied in a car accident.

My mom was an environmental activist in Australia in the late '60s and '70s, and I guess I've inherited that awareness from her.

I'm very sentimental about lobsters. The last lobster I ate was the only lobster I cooked.

On the issues of religious liberty, the Supreme Court continues to scrape against the bedrock of the American spirit.

Kindness that allows barriers to one's relationship with God to spring up is self-destructive.

Seek out a person whom you admire and respect for the support you need - that we all need from time to time.

Mathematicians stand on each others' shoulders and computer scientists stand on each others' toes.

I was up watching Meet Joe Black at four AM. I was hoping Brad Pitt would die, and he was still alive at seven forty in the morning! I actually felt sorry for once, for critics.

Like the canary in the coal mine, the climate changes already evident in the Arctic are a call to action.