Like us many have spoken over this spring, but they were gone in the twinkling of an eye. We conquered the world with bravery and might, but we did not take it with us to the grave.

My own soul is my most faithful friend. My own heart, my truest confidant

Wait not while your foe fits arrow to bowstring when you can send your own arrow into him.

Most men, however brave, have some anxiety or fear in them.

That's why it's called a practice. We have to practice a practice if it is to be of value.

You can't have an up without a down, a right without a left, a back without a front - or a happy without a sad.

I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me.

I think I'm going to have to get a flying license very soon, and maybe one of those Lear jets. It beats motorcycles all to hell.

Liberty is liberty, not equality or fairness or justice or human happiness or a quiet conscience.

Only when the mind is completely alone can it know what is beauty, and not in any other state.

The beginnings of all things are small.

Stupidity would not be absolute stupidity did it not fear intelligence.

We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.

At the end of the day, you either want or you don't want to know about it. It's a mercy thing - you have to give back. However you do it, you have to give something back. You have to.