But even quashed rebellions leave us different. Because freedom may be a forbidden fruit in tyrannies, but once tasted, it is unforgettable.

You would be surprised what two hours of daily exercise and five hundred stomach crunches can do for you.

Adventure in life is good; consistency in coffee even better.

He knew me in all the ways that truly mattered: the shape of my fears, the contours of my dreams.

Forgiving others is easier when I remember that I'm human and stupid, too.

Getting lost is just another way of saying 'going exploring.

Come on, don't you ever stop and smell the coffee?

What would it be like to look in the mirror and actually accept what you see? Not loathe the reflection, or despise it, or be resigned to it? But to like it?

You raze the old to raise the new.

I didn't know that the world could be so mind-blowingly beautiful.

When the creative impulse sweeps over you, grab it. You grab it and honor it and use it, because momentum is a rare gift.

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

Biography is higher gossip.

Nevertheless, China was unfortunately unable to understand Japan's real position, and it is greatly to be regretted that the Sino-Japanese War became one of long duration.

I don't need bodyguards. I'm from the South Bronx.

I pride myself on being a jerk, because I'm brutally honest all the time.

To see the ball, to run after it, makes me the happiest man in the world

I felt like time was a great sea, and I was floating on the back of a turtle, and no sails broke the horizon.

You don’t have to feel safe to feel unafraid.

I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name and apparently that's the key to the whole thing right there. I go in every few weeks and guess.

It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape calm surroundings.