I dislike helplessness in other people and in myself, and this is by far my greatest fear of illness.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

The things of the world fell by the wayside . . . but literature was eternal.

You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human.

I believe in living in the moment. To keep working hard in all that I’m doing. Achieve my goals and leave the rest to God.

They make friends, they laugh, they shareThey stay in touch, they care.

The Holy Grail is within you – find your Inner Treasure

Australia has always encouraged the little bloke to have a go, the Aussie battler to get up.

a man is very revealed by his wife, just as a woman is revealed by her husband. People never marry beneath or above themselves, I assure you.

Two million dollars is only small when you're talking about Washington, D.C.

Today we confront the future with optimism from a founded hope for the Iraqi people - in freedom

Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.