Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

You could never be certain what you would find in a book that had spent time with someone else.

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.

Jesus also function on the earth through the power of light. Light, illumination, knowledge, insight, understanding, wisdom. That is their real power on earth.

With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.

I have the impression that when we talk so confidently of liberty, we are unaware of the awful ... servitude of poverty when means are so small that there is literally no choice at all.

Losing my virginity was very boring.

Love is every type of relationship that you think of... I'm sure it means relationship, every type of relationship that you can think of.

I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time.

The reason I haven't been writing in this book for so long is partly that I haven't had one decent coherent thought to put down.

And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare.