Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.
It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need, and our air force has to have a bake-sale to buy a bomber.
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.
And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world it is best to hold hands and stick together.
Solitude is not the same as loneliness. Solitude is a solitary boat floating in a sea of possible companions.
The examined life is no picnic.
Share everything. Don't take things that aren't yours. Put things back where you found them.
If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.
I believe it is in my nature to dance by virtue of the beat of my heart, the pulse of my blood and the music in my mind.
Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.
All I really need to know... I learned in kindergarten.
Play fair. Don't hit people. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.
Clean up your own mess.
I fear the boredom that comes with not learning and not taking chances.
'Who do you think you are?' That's the big one, isn't it? A flourishing life depends on how you answer that.
Sticks and stones will break our bones, but words will break our hearts.
Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart.
The solution to alone-ness is not more solitude, but companionship and community.
Patterns of repetition govern each day, week, year, and lifetime. 'Personal habits' is one term we use to describe the most common of these repeated patterns. But I say these habits are sacred because they give deliberate structure to our lives. Structure gives us a sense of security. And that sense of security is the ground of meaning.
My goal now is to dance all the dances as long as I can, and then to sit down contented after the last elegant tango some sweet night and pass on because there wasn't another dance left in me.
