Then, again, how annoying to be told it is only five miles to the next place when it is really eight or ten!

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.

How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.

To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.

The longer I live, the more my mind dwells upon the beauty and the wonder of the world.

In winter the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity.

The doctrine of waiting for confirmation is one of the greatest time killers

By now, with all our modern technology, there should be no poverty left on earth.

A prince need take little account of conspiracies if the people are disposed in his favor.

The time is out of joint.

Have the courage to be selfless in a world were such qualities are not admired. Dare to be differnt. Be crazy!

None of the modern machines, none of the modern paraphernalia. . . have any power except over the people who choose to use them.

Now anyone can move anywhere. I've made deep connections with people around the world since I tour everywhere that I will simply never see again.

Flute was actually my first instrument. I had a year of lessons and then stopped after feeling like I was going to faint all of the time.

The wedding is where two people become one. The marriage is where they decide which one.

Look deep inside the eyes of a woman, see the man you want to be.