I see young men, my townsmen, whose misfortune it is to have inherited farms, houses, cattle, barns, and farming tools, for these are more easily acquired than gotten rid of. Better if they had been born in the open pasture and suckled by a wolf, that they might have seen with clearer eyes what field they were called to labour in.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

I have been like a child walking along the shore line. Quickly discarding one sea shell for another of more outward beauty-- never to know the pearl within!

If we could only share our hopes, our dreams, our disappointments, our fears, our achievements, and our discoveries.... the world would be a little kinder and a lot more forgiving.

In an information world where we all have someday to say it is important to remember that sometimes we need to listen.

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.

If you would be unloved and forgotten, be reasonable.

I intend to live forever or die trying.

Everybody in this life has their challenges and difficulties. That is part of our mortal test. . . . Peace comes through hope.

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.