Marriage is the perfection of what love aimed at, ignorant of what it sought.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.

Occupy provided me a lens through which to see systemic discrimination.

We certainly strive for trying to make a quality record throughout, and I think that's true of all of our records.

Why is it that people who wouldn't dream of stealing anything else think it's perfectly all right to steal books?

The role of the storyteller is to awaken the storyteller in others.

There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation.

Do not be afraid to get close to your opponent. The closer you are, the more you will learn.

Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace; it is glory in its infancy

I eat a lot of salad, a little meat, and some fruit—that’s all. But I like sweets.

The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.