He gave life to the breath- oxygen, a simple gas, he transferred into words, ideas, hope.

The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.

Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all.

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

Our challenges don’t define us, our actions do.

If you fixate on the worst-case scenario and it actually happens, you’ve lived it twice.

Family is not an important thing. It's everything.

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.

Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur.

Death, you know, keeps secrets better even than a guilty Roman.

Originality of mind untainted, And enthusiasm for life, unlimited.

The way we choose to see the world creates the world we see.

What kind of people we become depends crucially on the stories we are nurtured on.

There is a plan, and your soul knows what it is.

The world is big enough to satisfy everyones needs, but will always be too small to satisfy everyones greed

Gardens do offer a temporal tableau and certainly mean differently in different eras and indeed geographies (think of the formal gardens in France).

A productive purpose to which you give yourself fully and joyfully is one of the great adventures of life. It is a uniquely human source of happiness.

life is long between the desire and the spasm.

What was it in the human heart that made you despise a man because he loved you?