To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy is to set your own conditions to the events of each day. To do this is to condition circumstances instead of being conditioned by them.

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.

Don't let the tall weeds cast a shadow on the beautiful flowers in your garden.

What you've done isn't the only thing that defines who you are. Words are just as powerful as action. They can aspire action in others, can't they?

if you like the lovable sound of an asthma attack in your ear every time you tell a joke.

Had the facial plumage been of a paler hue it would have looked like a pile of horse crap on a winter’s day.

Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance.

Desecration is the smile on my face.

The Pope? How many divisions has he got?

To know anything about oneself one must know all about others.

Five minutes of a lifetime were truly spent, and we felt young in a good way.

Whoever has not learned to let Nature have her way is not fit for a gardener, or, for that matter, for a contented soul. A garden makes all our senses swim with pleasure.