The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

God is clever but not dishonest.

Try not to become a man of success but rather a man of value.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

He was dazed, the soft thoughts sinking slowly in. A son. Even a daughter. His child. Immortality. A chance to make good. Pass on the hard lessons learned.

The significance of a man is not in what he attains but rather in what he longs to attain.

Sometimes a cigar is only a cigar.

I love to make people dance; it's a way of bringing people together regardless of religion, nationality, sexuality, belief.

...sitting and waiting is one of the most miserable occupations known to man - not that it usually is known to men; women do it much more often.

We ought to see the face of God every morning before we see the face of man.

I'm from a small town where everybody always has something to say - you shouldn't sing secular music, you shouldn't do this or do that. A ton of "shouldn'ts."

We live in a wondrous time in which the strong is weak because of his moral scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.

The hero can never be a relativist.

Painting done under pressure by artists without the necessary talent can only give rise to formlessness, as painting is a profession that requires peace of mind.