Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.