A book is less important for what it says than for what it makes you think.

You stick your finger in the water and you pull it out, and that is how much of a hole you leave when you're gone.

Actors, politicians, and writers-all of us are but creatures of the hour. Long-lasting fame comes to but few.

To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.

He who plants a tree is a servant of God.

One who returns to a place sees it with new eyes. Although the place may not have changed, the viewer inevitably has. For the first time things invisible before become suddenly visible.

If you wait for inspiration, you're not a writer, but a waiter.