If Americans are to read something that is difficult, they will only do so supposing they will be admired for having done it.

If he acts, if he doesn't, it's meaningless. The whole thing goes forward. No one is important. No one at all.

Not that believing such things has anything to do with whether they are true. You see that, don't you?

I'm an elephant today. I will need to have lots of room and also a bowl of water on the floor.

I believe in discovering the love that exists and then trying to understand it. Not to invent a love and try to make it exist, but to find what does exist, and then to see what it is.

Sunday was always the best of days for being the self you had intended to be, but were not, for one reason or another.

I believe my friends think I'm funny. All the books are full of humor. Maybe it is a quiet sort of humor that masquerades as not-much-at-all. It is certainly easy to miss.

That would be the death of anyone - to recognize false hopes with a certainty. One mustn't know that. If it is offered, refuse!

I like small books. I like durable books. I like plain books. I like small type and thin pages.

I don't read books for pleasure, but in desperation.

We tire differently if we love or love not.

If you don’t choose what you want, someone make the choice for you.

Fly blindly, trust is full of magic. Let your wild voice guide the way.

[Alexander von] Humboldt showers us with true treasures.

You know what, the thing that breaks my heart is that there's no way I can answer it without hurting someone on either side.

What is youth except a man or a woman before it is ready or fit to be seen.

I am the most interesting book of all.

The successful investor is usually an individual who is inherently interested in business problems.

I was stationed at a Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego from 1965 to 1967.

I ask you to write this deeply into your souls . . . the materialistic culture . . . is now on the way to its close.

Many people dream of success. To me, success can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection.