"Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts flow"

"Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die"

"Thirty percent of the Nation's energy comes off the gulf coast"

"Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven"

"The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven"

"Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows"

"As we read the school reports on our children, we realize a sense of relief that can rise to delight that thank Heaven nobody is reporting in this fashion on us"

"The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun"

"I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything. The sun came up like gold through the trees, and I felt like I was in heaven"

"Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing"

"Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich"