What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.

All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.

I became a loner. I became a mountain man. A lot of those things are very good qualities and they help you do your work, help you be singular and keep the artistic integrity of your work intact, but they don't make it very easy to live your life.

My parents always encouraged me and I had a good home life. We were always taught to respect things and other people. It's so different today, because children are just not taught the right way.

Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.