The last clear definite function of man — muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need — this is man.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

The simplest formular for a fulfilled life is

You only have to kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will come crashing down.

People are amazed because I don't get much with the colds. Sometimes in the spring or in the fall, I'll get a little hay fever.

What you will be in your next life is the sum total of the realizations that you have had in this lifetime.

There is not economy in getting cheap service or equipment. Buy the best and cry only once.

On Spaceship Earth there are no passengers; everybody is a member of the crew. We have moved into an age in which everybody's activities affect everybody else.

I want people to think about what and who they have in their lives and then run home to hug them and tell them how much they love them.

In Van Halen there were moments, like in some of the ballads, I put my heart and soul into those records. Those lyrics when I sang 'em, I gave myself goosebumps.

Anxiety destroys scale, and suffering makes us lose perspective.

Simply be the qualities you seek in others.