The realization of ignorance is the first act of knowing.

Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.

We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.

Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters.

Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand it. Contemplate it only enough to be it.

We never know we are beings till we love. And then it is we know the powers and potentialities of human existence.

We do not posses imagination enough to sense what we are missing.

In a sick world, it is the first duty of the artist to get well.

No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.

Thunder blossoms gorgeously above our heads, Great, hollow, bell-like flowers

People mistake their limitations for high standards.

Only the very greatest art invigorates without consoling.

The best humor is offered up to you by the stupidity of your opponents.

I was never a big reader as a kid. My imagination wasn't captured by books very often. It was captured more often by boys and partying and riding horses.

The simplest thing that can be said about any person, any relationship, is that it's not simple at all.

The most interesting things are always happening behind one.

I never said I was consistent.

Even then, our family was extraordinary, with ten kids.

You made a big mistake by letting me come, because now I'm going after your job

I treat golf as a sport. I let other people treat it like a hobby.

Forestry is the work of nation builders.