I struggled in the beginning. I said I was going to write the truth so help me God. And I thought I was. I found I couldn't. Nobody can write the absolute truth.

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.

You never know what’s going to be in the garden in June when you’re looking at it in January.

I work on drawing as a final product.

There are different wells within your heart. Some fill with each good rain, Others are far too deep for that.

May every memory that you share Of dreams you've seen come true, Help make this special anniversary day A happy one, for the two of you

Some folks are natural born kickers. They can always find a way to turn disaster into butter.

I thought of several alec smart remarks, but you should humor crazy people when you're at their mercy; it's a rule.

I have a tendency to run after people who are completely unattainable and uninterested and make a complete fool of myself.

You can't solve many of today's problems by straight linear thinking. It takes leaps of faith to sense the connections that are not necessarily obvious.

A quibble is to Shakespeare what luminous vapours are to the traveller: he follows it at all adventures; it is sure to lead him out of his way and sure to engulf him in the mire.

Only people who die very young learn all they really need to know in kindergarten.