Either define the moment or the moment will define you.

Either define the moment or the moment will define you.

Walt Whitman

The gift is to the giver, and comes back most to him - it cannot fail

The gift is to the giver, and comes back most to him - it cannot fail

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.

Do anything, but let it produce joy.

Do anything, but let it produce joy.

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

We were together. I forget the rest.

We were together. I forget the rest.

Every hour of every day is an unspeakably perfect miracle.

Every hour of every day is an unspeakably perfect miracle.

The truth is simple. If it was complicated, everyone would understand it.

The truth is simple. If it was complicated, everyone would understand it.

When one reaches out to help another he touches the face of God.

When one reaches out to help another he touches the face of God.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

All of us will ultimately be judged on the effort we have contributed to building a new world order.

All of us will ultimately be judged on the effort we have contributed to building a new world order.

The enlargement of liberty for individual human beings must be the supreme goal and abiding practice of any western society.

The enlargement of liberty for individual human beings must be the supreme goal and abiding practice of any western society.

Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things.

Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things.

Some men see what is, and ask 'Why?' I see what might be, and ask 'Why Not?'

Some men see what is, and ask 'Why?' I see what might be, and ask 'Why Not?'

We know that if one man's rights are denied, the rights of all are endangered.

We know that if one man's rights are denied, the rights of all are endangered.

A life without criticism is not worth living.

A life without criticism is not worth living.

You knew that what is given or granted can be taken away, that what is begged can be refused; but that what is earned is kept.

You knew that what is given or granted can be taken away, that what is begged can be refused; but that what is earned is kept.