For behavior, men learn it, as they take diseases, one of another.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

Most people play the role that belongs to someone else

One day you'll be like me" is a waste to say. Instead you should "Someday you'll be better than me.

Black is not sad. Bright colours are what depress me. They're so... empty. Black is poetic. How do you imagine a poet? In a bright yellow jacket? Probably not.

Updike and Bellow and Roth were my three favorite writers when I was young and throughout my life.

Any outfit that has to beg its listeners for money is an organization that has to constantly please its listeners or it will dry up and go away. It shouldn't work when you think about it.

All places shall be hell that are not heaven.

Once I establish credit, I may be able to function. A man needs credit. Especially when he has no money.

The Chicago Cubs are like Rush Street-a lot of singles, but no action.

Mass travel by air may prove to be more significant to world destiny than the atom bomb.

We hold our hate too choice a thing, for light and careless lavishing.