[The lion] began to contemplate me with a kind of quiet premeditation, like that of a slow-witted man fondling an unaccustomed thought.

I learned what every dreaming child needs to know, that no horizon is so far you cannot get above it or beyond it.

If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work.

A lovely horse is always an experience.... It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words.

A life has to move or it stagnates. Even this life, I think. Every tomorrow ought not to resemble every yesterday.

A word grows to a thought – a thought to an idea – an idea to an act. The change is slow, and the Present is a sluggish traveler loafing in the path Tomorrow wants to take.

A map says to you. Read me carefully, follow me closely, doubt me not... I am the earth in the palm of your hand.

That's what makes death so hard--unsatisfied curiosity

There's an old adage," he said, "translated from the ancient Coptic, that contains all the wisdom of the ages -- "Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.

In Africa people learn to serve each other. They live on credit balances of little favors that they give and may, one day, ask to have returned.

Conformation ... but not much else. Breeding, but too small a heart. You saw it everywhere - in men, in horses, and in women.

your imagination is the key to the door of freedom

Words like “patience”, and “kindness”, and “goodness”. They are the words of a hero.

Unconditional love is the most powerful stimulant to the immune system.

We must mirror God's love in the midst of a world full of hatred. We are the mirrrors of God's love, so we may show Jesus by our lives

When I finally invent a time machine you will already know about it because I'll have told you a long time ago.

It sure looks like [Vladimir] Putin did this [hack DNS site]. And we all need to take this seriously.

One can't logically argue that because something highly improbable happens, some occult force had to make it happen that way.

To understand him you had to understand this: he wasn't human.

Even when there are adverse circumstances, I try to do my job. And I usually do.

A saint is one who makes goodness attractive. Surely, a great teacher does the same thing for education.