The man who looks for security even in the mind is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

You can never die. With death, you transform and transcend.

As long as you have goals to accomplish in this life, you will not truly be complete.

A man on a mission would bring his heaviest artillery, and it looked like this guy hadn’t even packed a pocket knife.

In Kenya women are the first victims of environmental degradation, because they are the ones who walk for hours looking for water, who fetch firewood, who provide food for their families.

As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.

By voting, we add our voice to the chorus that forms opinions and the basis for actions.

The New World Order run by the United Nations ain't gonna happen. Because they've shown their hand, and at least some corner of Congress and the American people are awake to it: they've blown it all.

My blues are so simple, but so few people can play it right

Genius is lonely without the surrounding presence of a people to inspire it.

We can change our circumstances by a mere change of our attitude.