Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.

Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

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.

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

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.

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.