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.

And with this frailty of mind, society in general acts like the petulant child in the sandbox, relational aggression occasionally frothing above the surface.

There aren't many people who would say this about me, but the great thing about this life of ours is that you can be someone different to everybody.

I looked at this man and thought: Oh, how we are going to hurt each other.

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

there is no aristocracy of grief. Grief is a great leveler.

If there's one thing I know it's God does love a good joke.

They will sustain the constitution and laws and institutions of the United States, and be the champions of liberty and of that constitution when its integrity shall be threatened.

I used to write in bed, starting when I woke up. I believe that creative work comes from our subconscious mind, so I try to keep the gap between sleep and writing as minimal as possible.

It is better to give than receive- especially advice.

You can't have relationships with other people until you give birth to yourself.