The only thing that ultimately matters is to eat an ice-cream cone, play a slide trombone, plant a small tree, good God, now you're free.

It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.

There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.

What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?

I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.

Great hopes make great men.

I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.

The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.