I believe that I am not responsible for the meaningfulness or meaninglessness of life, but that I am responsible for what I do with the life I've got.

We are all different. God made us that way. Drawing a line in the sand due to that is indeed unfortunate.

If you are single and don't want to be. The only regret is staying that way.

Sometimes you have to travel back in time, skirting the obstacles, in order to love someone.

And anyway, life's too short....

True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life.

Criticism at the wrong time, even if it's legitimate criticism, can be seriously damaging and make the writer lose faith in what he's doing. It's the timing that's all-important.

I'm still amazed at how my mother emerged from her lonely early life as such an affectionate and levelheaded woman.

For love that is not requited in equal measure is not love at all; it is not sacred. And holding on to the ideal of such love can keep us from finding the one that is true.

The core of the American set of beliefs has remained pretty constant.

Happiness wishes everybody happy.