Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.

The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

The natural world is the greatest source of excitement. The greatest source of visual beauty. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.

I am not young enough to know everything.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.

If you have zest and enthusiasm, you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.

A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

There is also this benefit in brag: that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes

The pleasure of the moment begins to wither almost as soon as it blossoms; our pleasures are soon swallowed up in time's relentless torrent.

It takes a long time to grow young.

The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears.

Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

All sport ... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.