Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.

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.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

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

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.

As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.

It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

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

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.