The wisdom of our parents, grandparents, ancestors. In each individual life, it seems, we must first reject that wisdom, then later come to appreciate it.

You are only a prisoner when you surrender.

...Coca-Cola and fries, the wafer and wine of the Western religion of commerce.

Confident. Cocky. Lazy. Dead.

Though talent is wonderful, dance is 80% work and 20% talent.

Every time we tell a lie, the thing we fear grows stronger.

A well-aimed spear is worth three.

Never trust people that like to call things by initials, that's my philosophy.

Sleep. To lie down and shut out the noise, the fear, the unceasing misery.

Every man is the hero of his own song.

If the bears don't get you, it's home.

Learn a lot. Laugh a lot. Love a lot. Live a lot.

You see, Adrian, we do many things. We assign meaning to some, and think of others as lacking it. But who's to tell when we're right - and when we're wrong?

Sleep would be so welcome. A warm blanket of black to erase everything else. Sleep without dreams.

Everyone must believe in something. I believe I'll go canoeing.

No trial is so large we can't overcome it together.

The only condition of peace in this world is to have no ideas, or, at least not to express them.

To help someone in need is not charity it is proper etiquette.

The older I've gotten, the more I've learned that I have to open myself up to all opportunities. Maybe I'll get burned and not meet the right people, but I won't know until I do it.

You can have fun, but you also have to put on your thinking cap every day

Beneath the dingy uniformity of international fashions in dress, man remains what he has always been; a splendid fighting animal, a self-sacrificing hero, and a blood thirsty savage.