There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.

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.

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, orperhaps of subconsciousness—I wouldn't know. But I amsure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.

There is a greater grace for every great sin.

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

I wouldn’t want freedom all the time but it’s nice to know it’s attainable

There was no girls' cross-country team at our high school, since cross-country courses were two or three miles long, and, at that distance, a girl's uterus could fall out.

The cleverly expressed opposite of any generally accepted idea is worth a fortune to somebody.

A man's high success requires a key; but his happiness needs personality to be low-key

The pleasure we feel in music springs from the obedience which is in it.

If you want respect for your past, it means that you have a problem with your present and even more with your future.

Joy is a decision, a really brave one, about how you are going to respond to life.