I waited for him to come out. He didn't. I considered going in after him, but knew the fact that I had readied myself to kill him did not mean that he had readied himself to die.

Like the layers of an onion, under the first lie is another, and under that another, and they all make you cry.

A friend asked, "If increased awareness means less happiness, why bother?" No answer.

I'm sorry. I know you loved her. It was hard not to.

Carving your own path gets you to greatness quicker than following someone else's trail.

English is capable of defining sentiments that the human nervous system is quite incapable of experiencing.

Do what you want, and if people are going to judge you for it, who cares? You might not fit in, but that's okay. Everyone thought I was weird in high school!

Genius or fool, you don't live in the world alone. You can hide underground or you can build a wall around yourself, but somebody's going to come along and screw up the works.

I like Americans, but they are somewhat monocellular. When I talk with Americans, I often wonder why they are so simpleminded.

Where the states are dead set on suppressing political opposition, it's very hard to overcome that.

I think it has done us more harm believing in the huge differences between left and right, Democrat and Republican.

Forget love. Try good manners.

The first duty of man is to support himself - to see to it that he does not become a burden. His next duty is to help others if he has a surplus, and if he really believes they deserve to be helped.