We create our fate every day . . . most of the ills we suffer from are directly traceable to our own behavior.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

The opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference.

Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.

... And if Europe gives Arabia a railway, Arabia gives Europe an idea - which I think balances the account.

Pouring out ideas is better for creativity than doling them out by the teaspoon.

A piece of the miracle process has been reserved for each of us

I have been reading the press more regularly than others over 50 years and it seems to me that there are things that have changed in the press that have changed its character.

Wise men hear and see as little children do.

My favorite type of music to sing is a crossover between country and pop.

You must give if you want to receive. Let the center of your being be one of giving, giving, giving. You can't give too much, and you will discover you cannot give without receiving.

Life goes on, even if two-headed and glowing faintly in the dark.