An autobiography is only 'a sort of life' - it may contain less errors of fact than a biography, but it is of necessity even more selective: it begins later and it ends prematurely.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.

Hate is a lack of imagination.

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.

A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.

Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content: the quiet mind is richer than a crown.

People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations

For me, I think it was a little easier to write thinking that nobody was listening.

No man who has not sat in the assemblies of men can know the light odd and uncertain ways in which decisions are often arrived at.

We will save our sovereign rights as a nation.

Inconsistencies in men are generally testimony to their immaturity.

You can't build the bridge of trust with the scaffolding of lies and underhand deals

The child's conquests of independence are the basic steps in what is called his 'natural development'.

Prayer is not a preparation for work, it IS work. Prayer is not a preparation for the battle, it IS the battle. Prayer is two-fold: definite asking and definite waiting to receive.

Nor love they least Who strike with right good will To vanquish ill And fight God's battle upward from the beast.

I don't want to look too far ahead. The journey is what's happening right now, not what's on the finishing line.

Profound hearts, wise minds, take life as God makes it; it is a long trial, and unintelligible preparation for the unknown destiny.