A man's conscience, like a warning line on the highway, tells him what he shouldn't do - but it does not keep him from doing it.

If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.

There's nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child.

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.

If you haven't time to help youngsters find the right way in life, somebody with more time will help them find the wrong way.

A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.

I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.

A valuable friend is one who'll tell you what you should be told, even if it offends you.

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.

Prison is a second-by-second assault on the soul, a day-to-day degradation of the self, an oppressive steel and brick umbrella that transforms seconds into hours and hours into days.

Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.

I figure if I keep my health, I have no intention of retiring. I love to work. I want to be like Bob Hope.

Hurry, get on board, it's comin', listen to those rails a-thrumming all aboard. Get on the "A" train, soon you will be on Sugar Hill in Harlem.

Good novels are produced by people who voluntarily isolate themselves and go deep, and report from the depths on what they find.

A man who throws himself on God ceases to fear man

Accepting others' life choices is something most people only learn with age.

Ah, on what little things does happiness depend.

Promises. I was drowning in promises.

Human history is not the battle of good struggling to overcome evil. It is a battle fought by a great evil struggling to crush a small kernel of human kindness.