The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

If you believe in something because of miracles, then another kind of miracles can make you deny it.

It was painful to have him so near, yet beyond my reach.

Obviously you have to make a profit to put out a newspaper. I'm not an idiot. But when the margins are in excess of 25 per cent you're talking about greed.

Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.

It actually took me 20 years to want to write about my youth. I was definitely always a little intimidated about writing about that part of my life.

It is God's planet - and he's taking care of it. And I don't believe that anything we do will raise or lower the temperature one point.

The last thing I wanted to do was to be a wartime President.

Everybody thought New York was this hard, cruel place, and I found it to be an extraordinarily wonderful place filled with the most interesting people.

Did you know it's possible to have the right passion, but have the wrong expression of the right passion?

The Love-god inflames more fiercely those he sees are reluctant to surrender.