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.

When our universe is in harmony with man, the eternal, we know it as truth, we feel it as beauty.

Unless you have found God in your own soul, the whole world will seem meaningless to you.

Men are cruel, but Man is kind.

Not hammer-strokes, but dance of the water, sings the pebbles into perfection.

Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.

The newer people of this modern age are more eager to amass than to realize.

Let my thoughts come to you, when I am gone, like the afterglow of sunset at the margin of starry silence.

The fundamental desire of life is the desire to exist.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

A beautiful woman is a practical poet, taming her savage mate, planting tenderness, hope and eloquence in all whom she approaches.

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up

Skill to do comes of doing.

I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.

Eyes...They speak all languages.

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.