It is impossible to design a system so perfect that no one needs to be good.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks.

I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.

Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

Finding a way to live the simple life is one of life's supreme complications.

April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.

The journey, Not the destination matters.

My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue [is] the pen of a ready writer.

To be hopeful means to be uncertain about the future, to be tender toward possibilities, to be dedicated to change all the way down to the bottom of your heart.

My wife went into the butchers and said: "You've a sheep's head in your window." The butcher said: "That's a mirror."

We need to really use the full force of diplomacy. And we need to be seen and understood to be on the side of diplomacy and international law.

I really enjoy squeezing out a big lump of paint directly onto the canvas and leaving it; fresh, immediate and sometimes shocking.

it's not until my third cup of coffee that I am fully awake and willing to face the consequences of that condition.

Many men can no more be kept straight by spiritual motives than we can live without policemen.

When backed up against a wall, dig deep, demand excellence, stand tall, and be strong.

Art... reacts to or reflects the culture it springs from.

Even though I'm proud by dad invented the rear-view mirror, we're not as close as we appear.