Traveling is a fool's paradise. Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of places.

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.

Some people hate people who are overconfident, only because their overconfidence reminds them of their underconfidence.

The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect.

The United States should not under any circumstances throw away our gun until we are sure the rest of the world cannot arm against us.

It sort of depends on the song. Some of them are pretty easy to write, and others take a while. I do a lot of writing in the morning.

No sensible person ever opens the door of his house without knowing who is knocking.

Going jogging makes me feel powerful and free - like Rocky!

By then The Kite Runner had become quite successful and I found myself in a position that I had always dreamed of my whole life, which was to write for a living.

Living too long exacts a painful price.

If the fruit is green it will not fall to the ground even if you beat it with a sharp stick. When it is ripe it falls of its own accord in the silence of the night.

We think by feeling. What is there to know?