I think everybody gets caught up in superstitions. But I don't put much stock in them ... knock on wood.

Of course I loved books more than people.

Peace means nothing without freedom.

Thinking is easy, acting difficult, and to put one's thoughts into actions the most difficult thing in the world.

I use the word power broadly. Even more important than military and economic power is the power of ideas, the power of compassion, and the power of hope.

Sears is offering free $10 gift cards to the first few hundred shoppers. So that may have something to do with the early crowd.

God has reserved to Himself the right to determine the end of life, because He alone knows the goal to which it is His will to lead it. It is for Him alone to justify a life or to cast it away.

I never cease to wonder at my luck in having for my sister the woman who, more than any other woman in America, possesses all the qualities of true greatness.

“It is not everyone,” said Elinor, “who has your passion for dead leaves.”

I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age

You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run.