All nobility in its beginnings was somebody's natural superiority.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

The king stood in a pool of blue light, unmoored.

The poor schlemiel is a man who falls on his back and breaks his nose.

"When the dead are done with the living, the living can go on to other things," Franny said. "What about the dead?" I asked. "Where do we go?"

...when a reporter is quoting Sid Blumenthal on president Bush, you know he's scraping the barrel.

The only kind of movement you could make in the Navy was to be a platoon leader or one of those kinds of things as you got more senior in your Navy career.

The good life for me always meant connecting with those big, important issues that grown-ups get so excited about.

I put myself in front of people who can say yes to me, and I deliver value first.

I feel there is a curse on rock stars.

I try to sit down at the typewriter four times a day, even if it's only five minutes, and write three sentences.

Either what we hold to be right and good and true IS right and good and true, for all mankind, or we're just another robber tribe.