Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation.

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.

I want to do it too!” said Gazzy, sitting very, very quietly, completely motionless.“Nope, ” said Nudge, shaking her head. “You stand out like a fart in church.

Pull himself together? This was a man who looked permanently cemented together.

I grew up in Detroit. I was a teen father. I lived on welfare for three years. I have a brother serving life in prison, though I believe he's innocent.

Marley was dead: to begin with.

In the world of words, one of my best-loved tribes is the diatribe.

[9/11] was bloody-minded destruction for no other reason than to do it.

I have tremendous admiration for everyone who enters the political arena so long as their goal is to do what they believe is right for the people of New York.

To be rational is so glorious a thing, that two-legged creatures generally content themselves with the title.

Good order and discipline in any army are to be depended upon more than courage alone.

You try to make characters you care about, and I think realism helps. Even though this is a high concept, the characters have got to be real.