There is no such thing as accomplishing a righteous reform by the use of "expediency." There is no such thing as sliding up- hill.In morals the only sliders are backsliders.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.

be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.

The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.

Each time you say hello to a stranger, your heart acknowledges over and over again that we are all family.

Logic, when applied to people, fails miserably!

The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.

Every time I would think about my purpose, the answers seemed to come in sounds. In melodies. In feelings.

I start work at 5 in the morning and I have a wicked insomnia problem.

I don't think in terms of optimism and pessimism when writing a story. I am telling a story.

So often I have felt alone in my journey, yet I've been afraid to let anyone see my fear and weakness.

I can't give you the moon,” the tinker said. “She doesn't belong to me. She belongs only to herself.

Truths are more likely to be discovered by one man than by a nation

We know when we use the full talents of our population we're more productive. And we know that when people really feel like they can have flexible lives, they're better employees.