What was even more germane was my study of the history of religion. It was one of the few things in school I was fascinated by.

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

When you walk a tightrope, you don't want to be eating buttered popcorn.

You think the only people who are people, are the people who look and think like you. But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew you never knew." - Pocahontas

All resources in your possession is an opportunity for service.

Mama, you taught me to do the right things / So now you have to let your baby fly / You've given me everything that I will need / To make it through this crazy thing called life

The only thing that it is advisable to know in any language is the numerals; and even there, you can do a lot with the fingers.

Teaching is learning. When you're teaching full-time you have to do research, stay current.

Algebra is the metaphysics of arithmetic.

There is no peace to be taken With poets who are young, For they worry about the wars to be fought and the songs that must be sung.

The way we are educated and entertained keep us from knowing about or understanding the pain of others.

We are what our thoughts have made us