"Tell all the Truth but tell it slant--Success in Circuit liesToo bright for our infirm DelightThe Truth's superb surpriseAs Lightning to the Children easedWith explanation kindThe Truth must dazzle graduallyOr every man be blind--"

"Strength is Life, Weakness is Death.Expansion is Life, Contraction is Death.Love is Life, Hatred is Death."

"We live out our lives as we are meant to live them-with some choice, with some chance, but mostly as a result of the persons we are."

"If you remember nothing else, remember this: Inspiration from outside one's self is like the heat in an oven. It makes passable Bath buns. But inspiration from within is like a volcano: It changes the face of the world."

"Living never wore one so much as the effort not to live."

"Life doesn't just happen to you"

"May the fleas of a thousand camels invade the crotch of the person that ruins your day. And may their arms be to short too scratch"

"Sometimes success isn't about making the right decision, it's more about making some decision."

"We are constantly invited to be what we are."

"The atheist staring from his attic window is often nearer to God than the believer caught up in his own false image of God."

"Until you have suffered much in your heart, you cannot learn humility."

"Here lies one whose name was writ on water."

"Truth builds trust."

"The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison, was the miracle."

"The cause of most of man's unhappiness is sacrificing what he wants most for what he wants now."

"Can a dream be wrong? Aren't dreams God's way of telling you things?"

"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?"

"I am an optimist... I choose to be. There is a lot of darkness in our world, there is a lot of pain and you can choose to see that or you can choose to see the joy. If you try to respond positively to the world, you will spend your time better."

"Nobody gets praised for the right reasons."

"Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others."

"When God had made The Man, he made him out of stuff that sung all the time and glittered all over. Some angels got jealous and chopped him into millions of pieces, but still he glittered and hummed. So they beat him down to nothing but sparks but each little spark had a shine and a song. So they covered each one over with mud. And the lonesomeness in the sparks make them hunt for one another."

"Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger. Instead of getting angry nurture a deep caring and respect for troublemakers because by creating such trying circumstances they provide us with invaluable opportunities to practice tolerance and patience."