We are storied folk. Stories are what we are; telling and listening to stories is what we do.

Hope is what makes the human condition liveable

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

Patience is a grace as difficult as it is necessary, and as hard to come by as it is precious when it is gained.

I would sooner pluck one single brand from the burning than explain all mysteries.

I think we can't feed the amount of people that are on this planet the way we are doing it.

Go for the moon. If you don't get it, you'll still be heading for a star. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of the creative effort.

On the ocean of life let your mind be the ship and your heart be the compass.

Find your passion... then it is no longer work!

I used to go to the same club every week in my home town, and even there I'd always stay at the back of the queue. I never once assumed I could just walk in.

I do like a lot of things that a lot of adults would scoff at. 'SpongeBob SquarePants,' 'Looney Tunes.'

But, when I was about thirteen, I began to sort of sing in my neighborhood.