I am of the order whose purpose is not to teach the world a lesson but to explain that school is over.

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 example could encourage others who only fear to start.

If I am wrong, I am doing what I believe to the right.

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked leadership is defined by results not attributes.

I feel incredibly successful. I make a living as a writer and am able to help support a big family, my church, my bleeding-heart causes.

Give the girl an inch and she thinks she's a ruler.

For me... it was always about the challenge of making this voyage... It was always a calculated risk, but life is a risk.

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

We're seeing a decline in religion in North America but, I hope, a rise in individual spirituality. Whatever that means to people.

A class, in Java, is where we teach objects how to behave.

Children, in a way, are constant learners. Certainly sponge-like. Absorbing everything without careful analysis, even though, at the same time, they are certainly capable of incredible insights.