I felt compelled to venture forth and explore the true face of the world. Leading a satisfying life of plenty had blinded many of us to the immense hardships beyond our borders.

I am powerless against the great magazines - I am an artist, and I will always be that.

I believe it is one of our biggest tasks - the task of our life - to do everything possible to counter poverty and to build a freedom-loving future.

God needs loving, accepting, and compassionate people—not accepting of sin, but accepting God’s forgiveness of sin for all who repent.

Happiness held is the seed

Happiness was useless to me. It was heartache that filled my purse. What happy man has need of Shakespeare?

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.

During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures.

There is something more important than logic: imagination

I decided to become a community organizer ... Change won't come from the top, I would say. Change will come from a mobilized grass roots.

A good thing to have up your sleeve is a sanctified funny-bone.

Why wait for Death to mow? why wait for Death to sow us in the ground?

Gratitude is the closest thing to beauty manifested in an emotion