Frog or pearl, life hid something at the bottom of the cup.

Build a little fence of trust around today; Fill the space with loving deeds, and therein stay.

Art is the god you have not seen.

Nature has a counterpart, a representation of every interior mood and obscure perception of man.

Armed with madness, I go on a long voyage.

Not till the end of the war will there be any time for art or love or magic again. Perhaps never again.

The truth which may not be told, is the truth which cannot be told.

I blessed the power which has filled my life with poetry.

One should be allowed to choose one's burden.

Sink twice before you strike out for land.

It is in the nature of any effort to leave something serviceable behind it.

Sometimes you can look back on times in your life and know that God was guiding you even when you didn't know you were supposed to be listening.

The absolute best way to raise kind kids, is to be kind parents.

My first jobs after graduation in 1955 were as a project engineer for G.E. and later with the U.S. government in Washington, D.C., where I met and married my wife, Dolores Celini.

With every door that closes a new one opens.

The presidency does not yield to definition. Like the glory of a morning sunrise, it can be experienced.

It is trust, but it is also courage - that you can leave an individual to his own devices and say "explore and experiment" and think, "It's okay, I'll see what it sounds like when I come back."

Simplicity can intensify the emotion.

The best people I know have had a lot of obstacles to overcome.

It's true that charisma can make a person stand out for a moment, but character sets a person apart for a lifetime.

Oscar Wilde turned the world upside down and was able to laugh at it, and hopefully by the time I'm 120 and worn out, that's what I will achieve. I love being alive so much.