I began to have an idea of my life not as the slow shaping of achievement to fit my preconceived purposes but as the gradual discovery and growth of a purpose which I did not know.

The growth of understanding follows an ascending spiral rather than a straight line.

It's weak and despicable to go on wanting things and not trying to get them.

I now see my life, not as a slow shaping of achievment to fit my preconceived purposes, but as the gradual discovery of a purpose which I did not know.

There seemed to be endless obstacles preventing me from living with my eyes open, but as I gradually followed up clue after clue it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear.

Sometimes I found that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had ever been miserable.

There seemed to be endless obstacles-it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear.

There seemed to be endless obstacles ... it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear.

It is weak and despicable to go on wanting things and not trying to get them.

Nothing proves evolution more than the survival of the religious belief. It shows we are still fearful, partially formed animals with a terror of death and the dark

I start trying to stay unconscious. The problem with this is that no amount of willpower can change the reality.

...I have great hopes for the possibility of a dynamic universalism that respects all our people.

I like my men like I like my roses . . . by the dozen.

Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.

Architecture approaches nearer than any other art to being irrevocable because it is so difficult to get rid of.

The unknowable creates the greatest controversies.

At one point, I actually, ironically, thought I might go into criminology and work with the FBI.

One runs a business ultimately to do well so you can do good for everyone.

Let’s be clear about this. The rejection of the constitution was a mistake that will have to be corrected.