I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 feet from the point at which it rose into the air, ended the flight.

Be not ashamed women, ... You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul.

I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It had strings on it so I would practice my chord shapes under the desk and that's about all I did at school.

If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly.

To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.

To See a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.

Though the road's been rocky it sure feels good to me.

Don?t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.

Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.

Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.