Silence is a solvent that destroys personality, and gives us leave to be great and universal.

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.

The mirror is the worst judge of true beauty

A mother’s love is more beautiful than any fresh flower.

It makes a lot more sense for us to be investing in jobs and education rather than jails and incarceration.

Knowledge without labor is profitless. Knowledge with labor is genius.

Pastime with good company I love and shall, until I die. Grudge who list, but none deny! So God be pleased, thus live will I.

I, uh, don't think I'm, y'know, so different than your average, y'know, average.

My favourite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity.

My initial career, really, as a baby, was as a singer.

Any enlightenment which requires to be authenticated, certified, recognized, congratulated, is (as yet) a false, or at least incomplete one.

Norman Mailer thinks William Burroughs is a genius, which I think is ludicrous beyond words. I don't think William Burroughs has an ounce of talent.