“What a strange life I lead— a kind of Cinderella-life—half glitter in crystal shoes, half mice and cinders! But it is a wonderful life all the same.”

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”

“I rejoice to live in such a splendidly disturbing time!”

“We are never really happy until we try to brighten the lives of others.”

“The Master of Life been good to me. He has given me strength to face past illnesses, and victory in the face of defeat. He has given me life and joy where other saw oblivion. He Has given new purpose to live for, new services to render and old wounds to heal. Life and love go on, let the music play.”

“There is a spiritual side to me that goes real deep, but I confess right up front that I’m the biggest sinner of them all.”

“Life is the question and life is the answer, and God is the reason and love is the way.”

“If you don’t get outside every day, even for a minute, you have not appreciated what God has done. It makes you grateful for our surroundings, and it starts your day differently.”

“I’m not really concerned about boundaries. I just follow my conscience and my heart. Follow your heart. That’s what I do. Compassion is something I have a lot of, because I’ve been through a lot of pain in my life. Anybody who has suffered a lot of pain has a lot of compassion.”

“There’s unconditional love there. You hear that phrase a lot but it’s real with me and her [June Carter]. She loves me in spite of everything, in spite of myself. She has saved my life more than once. She’s always been there with her love, and it has certainly made me forget the pain for a long time, many times. When it gets dark and everybody’s gone home and the lights are turned off, it’s just me and her.”

“This morning, with her, having coffee. [his description of paradise]”

“The battle against the dark one, and the clinging to the right one, is what my life is about.”

“There’s no more simple life with simple choices for the young.”

“Life is rough so you gotta be tough.”

“Just like becoming an expert in wine–you learn by drinking it, the best you can afford–you learn about great food by finding the best there is, whether simply or luxurious.”

“No-one is born a great cook, one learns by doing.”

“Always remember: if you’re alone in the kitchen and you drop the lamb, you can always just pick it up. Who’s going to know?”

“I enjoy cooking with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.”

“Between two worlds life hovers like a star, twixt night and morn, upon the horizon’s verge.”

“People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.”

“You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.”

“My alma mater was books, a good library. I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.”

“Early in life I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.”

“Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.”