All things must; man is the only creature that wills.

Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.

When you are not happy with your life, always think that someone is happy simply because you exist

It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

Even the weak become strong when they are united.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?

Every true genius is bound to be naive.

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Art is the daughter of freedom.

I've never, nor shall I ever, mourn the loss of a fool. Losing a fool, is the same as gaining, retaining, and reaffirming my intelligence.

The biggest rap on me is that I don't find a Watergate every couple of years. Well, Watergate was unique. It's not something Carl Bernstein, I, or the Washington Post caused.

The most important word in the language of the working class is "solidarity."

I have lost my credibility as a hit maker because of these side excursions into other branches of music; by not being consistent. Consistency seems to be all-important.

Your word is the power that you have to create

I don't know if people know how hard it is to get a hit or how hard it is to field a ground ball. It's an easy game in principal, but to actually execute the game it's very difficult.

The world of shabby gentility is like no other; its sacrifices have less logic, its standards are harsher, its relation to reality is dimmer than comfortable property or plain poverty can understand.

I'm very observant and very instinctive. In life, you have to have the vulnerability to accept when you are to blame. And I do have that and I am open enough to say it.

Most writers can write books faster than publishers can write checks.

Power in the hands of the stupid is often a dangerous thing. Hitler proved it.