Every idea I get I have to deny, that's my way of testing it.

To think is to say 'no.'

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have.

There is a future that makes itself and a future we make. The real future is composed of both.

The most difficult thing in the world is to say thinkingly what everybody says without thinking.

One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage.

Two things are aesthetically perfect in the world - the clock and the cat.

What is a thousand years? Time is short for one who thinks, endless for one who yearns.

People who are upset about something ruminate on it whenever they get a chance; they are constantly drawn back to their own unhappy tale as if it were a horror story left open on a table.

We prove what we want to prove, and the real difficulty is to know what we want to prove.

Wouldn't a sailor laugh at you if you told him that the whole crossing depends on the first turn of the helm?

Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people.

Wherever you go, whenever you meet someone, enlighten every mind, brighten their life with love and kindness, it will make your world so delightful and so beautiful.

The madness of an autumn prairie cold front coming through...ringing throughout the house was an alarm bell that no one but Alfred and Enid could hear directly.

I'm fascinated by idiots... Here's looking at you, kid!

A garden, sir, wherein all rainbows and flowers were heaped together.

True peace must be anchored in justice and an unwavering commitment to universal rights for all humans, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, national origin or any other identity attribute.

Tradition is tending the flame, not worshiping the ashes.

Inspired music arises from an inspired movie which arises from an inspired script.

We need more competitive races, ... We need the voice of moderation.

It is the evil that lies in ourselves that is ever least tolerant of the evil that dwells within others.