"The beauty of the unknown is that the silence between the notes creates the music."

"The family is one of nature's masterpieces."

"Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny."

"The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity."

"To get down to the quick of it, respect motivates me - not success."

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."

"People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure."

"Nature teaches us a valuable lesson: courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."