The essence of education is not to stuff you with facts but to help you discover your uniqueness, to teach you how to develop it, and then to show you how to give it away.

Man is happiest when he is creating. In fact, the highest state of which man is capable lies in the creative act.

Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means.

To love others you must love yourself...You can only give to others what you have yourself.

I am often accused of being childish. I prefer to interpret that as child-like. I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things. I tend to exaggerate and fantasize and embellish. I still listen to instinctual urges. I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind. I never water my garden without soaking myself. It has been after such times of joy that I have achieved my greatest creativity and produced my best work.

Love withers with predictability; its very essence is surprise and amazement. To make love a prisoner of the mundane is to take its passion and lose it forever.

I'd like to be remembered for being a good, kind, loving, gentle man who attempted to live wisely, and who cared a lot.