Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.

The moment in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place.

Integrity, wisdom, skill, intelligence – such things are forged in adversity.

I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it.

The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself, too.

Love. It felt like a falling raindrop scatter on a trembling leaf then roll of its tip in a cascade of pearls.

The horror of the Twentieth Century was the size of each new event, and the paucity of its reverberation.

have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.

I guess every disaster, every tragedy in the world, my lad, is caused by someone’s selfishness and refusal to recognize the rights of others.