“Food is a love note from God. Its letters are written by the rays of the sun. It says I love you and I shall take care of you and sustain you with the offerings of my earth. If we take time to read the love letter, by chewing carefully and feeling the messages that are stored in food by the sun, earth, wind, water, and even by those who have grown, harvested, and prepared the food, its assimilation takes on a whole new meaning. This is a specific way of receiving God’s grace, a holy sacrament to be experienced slowly, carefully, and consciously.”

One thing that I promised myself when I buried gold in my backyard; was that I’d never be a hoarder or a miser about it.

The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome becomes bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.

Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable.

Nothing, no one, is too small to matter. What you do is going to make a difference.

Laughter is life-giving. It makes you breathe.

"Stand on the edge of the abyss and when you feel that it is beyond your strength, break off and have a cup of tea."

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; Rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.

If you want to go fast, go alone. if you want to go far, go together.

It's not that I take myself seriously, I take what I do seriously.

“Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head; And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in every thing.”

Each man has his own music bubbling up inside him.

When the impossible has been eliminated, all that remains no matter how improbable is possible.

Experience is never limited, and it is never complete.

Success isn't determined by how many times you win, but by how you play the week after you lose.