The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

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 best place to cry is on a mother's arms.

I rose from marsh mudalgae, equisetum, willows, sweet green, noisybirds and frogs.

As I often tell my students, the person you’ll have the hardest time opening to and truly loving without reserve is yourself. Once you can do that, you can love the whole universe unconditionally.

Men and Melons are hard to know.

A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.

I may win and I may lose, but I will never be defeated

The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind.

Cough up a lung where I'm from marcy son, aint nothin nice

In my photographs it is apparent that there was no posing at the moment I released the shutter.

What I need to do is to just deepen my well. I'm just experiencing life now.