The piety of the Hebrew prophets purges their grossness. The circumcision is an example of the power of poetry to raise the low and offensive.

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.

How is it possible to have a civil war?

Balance how much you give of youself, including volunteer activities.You won't do anyone any good you are stretched too thin.

Things are coming to a pretty pass when religion is allowed to invade private life.

I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy

I have never understood why the politicians who are most eager to send soldiers into harm's way are always depicted as their most ardent friends.

Whatever can be noted historically can be found within history.

They wrongly believe that good intentions move mountains. Bulldozers move mountains. But there are exceptions.

How do you make people do the best work? You make them feel comfortable, so you can feel comfortable - and then you can have a really good ballgame!

Forcing me to figure out how to provide for myself was probably one of the best things my parents ever did for me.

Men can intoxicate themselves with ideas as effectually as with alcohol or with bang and produce, be dint of serious thinking, mental conditions hardly distinguishable from monomania.