The most wonderful opportunity which life offers is to be human.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

Help those who need it, not who want it.

If your lips would keep from slips five things observe with care: To whom you speak of whom you speak And how and when and where.

Absolute and entire ugliness is rare.

The more people explore the world, the more they realize in every country there's a different aesthetic. Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder.

There were shadows galore in the dim light, but there was one shadow that did not correspond to any object in the room. It lurked next to the fireplace, a formless, undulating darkness.

Turtles are greater than baby nephews, because it's ok to drop a turtle.

I am a Nobel Peace laureate and my business should be to try to bring stability, not to be a red rag to bulls.

I am the attorney general of the United States. But I am also a black man.

Today, the degradation of the inner life is symbolized by the fact that the only place sacred from interruption is the private toilet.

I have three grandchildren and am hoping for 20.