I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.

Friendship is born from an identity of spiritual goals - from common navigation toward a star.

Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.

C'est véritablement utile puisque c'est joli. It is truly useful since it is beautiful.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten,' he does not say 'My men were beaten.'

The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky.

Perhaps creativity is fumbling that dance step, or driving the chisel the wrong way into the stone.