The need for a rational consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.

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.

I want to help you to grow as beautiful as God meant you to be when He thought of you first.

As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State "What does it matter to me?" the State may be given up for lost.

Writing, for me, makes the world shiver and flame with meaning.

Because what was the point in crying when there was no one there to comfort you? And what was worse, when you couldn't even comfort yourself?

When something needs to be said, I'll say it even if the whole world grabs me by the neck and tells me to keep quiet.

I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock. LL Cool J was my biggest idol.

I went from my mother to my wife. And to this day, I can't bear to be alone.

Raindrops the size of bullets thundered on the castle windows for days on end; the lake rose, the flower beds turned into muddy streams, and Hagrid’s pumpkins swelled to the size of garden sheds.

My ambition is that I have the best players who can collaborate with each other to form the best team in the world.

A good many observers have remarked that if equality could come at once, the Negro would not be ready for it. I submit that the white American is even more unprepared.