I've discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to say in his heart of hearts, 'To hell with you.'

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.

Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.

I am a phoenix who runs after arsonists.

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Man always becomes other. Man is the animal who continually differs from himself.

Mahatma Gandhi was someone who demonstrated the tremendous power of leadership by example.

I have been mislabeled as a big advocate of low-income home ownership over rental.

Some hours weigh against a whole lifetime.

Justice is but the distributing to everything according to the requirements of its nature.

Emotions are the natural substances of the soul ... and when we think we can't handle the emotions, we lose the natural substances of the soul and begin looking for substances to replace the flow.

Christmas dresser feeling pleasure

Being with someone I love and care about to feed off positive energy is crucial.

Its always the minorities who arent a part of the mainstream who define what the limits... of the majority are going to be.

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.