The press of my foot to the earth springs a hundred affections.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

We were together. I forget the rest.

Either define the moment or the moment will define you.

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

Be curious, not judgmental.

Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

The truth is simple. If it was complicated, everyone would understand it.

When one reaches out to help another he touches the face of God.

If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

You are the one that you are looking for.

Pedantry is paraded knowledge.

I think we should have a very, very heavy tax on handguns and on bullets.

Ann Romney... looked to me like a corporate wife. The stories she told about struggles - eh! It's hard for me to believe. I mean, she's a very rich woman, and I know that, and America knows that.

You are responsible for the predictable consequences of your actions.

If I'm excited by something bodily, and curious about it, I generally want to delve into it and explore it with poetry. That's the way I ordinarily watch the world around me.

Thou art figured blind, and yet we borrow our best sight from thee.

Too much doubt is better than too much credulity.

I do believe, in the long term, we will either get back to the principles that built America or we lose this country. And I'm an optimist.