To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

I know who I am: a great soul.

We have fallen upon evil times and the world has waxed very old and wicked. Politics are very corrupt. Children are no longer respectful to their parents.

The dream of any scholar has, for me, come true by virtue of this award. The Nobel Prizes are justly famous in the hard sciences, in literature, and for peace.

Charity itself consists in acting justly and faithfully in whatever office, business and employment a person is engaged in.

You must first realize that you are in a dream. Then you must realize that your current dream is a nightmare.

Being Larry David on Curb Your Enthusiasm was the best thing to happen to Larry David in life.

I don't take compliments so well. I always hang my head and shuffle and kind of try to immediately forget.

Someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more.

Surrendering means cleansing yourself completely, getting completely detached. Detachment is the only way you can rise.

Any ballplayer that don't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American. He's a communist.