The solitary knows the essence of the thought, the scholar in society only its fair face.

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.

We create words, words create wonders.

We are more than role models for our students

Isn't there any heaven where old beautiful dances, old beautiful intimacies prolong themselves?

It cannot be done all at once. To overpower vertigo - the keeper of the abyss- one must tame it, cautiously.

Your lips are my persuasion, your love will be my cure.

And write what you love - dont feel pressured to write serious prose if what you like is to be funny. You're a reader as well as a writer, so write what you'd want to read.

Considersing the forebearance of a person, Do not harass him.

Marla's philosophy of life, she told me, is that she can die at any moment. The tragedy of her life is that she doesn't.

I never wanted to be a literary writer. I wanted to be an entertainer. All I wanted was to give what a lot of writers had given me: a good time on a bad day.

After all, what's good enough for Austen ought to be good enough for anyone.