If we are to be truly free, that freedom will come through cooperation and tolerance with one another.

People fear what they do not understand.

Always hear others out and remain open-minded the day you think you know everything is the day you have the most yet to learn.

The more a mind thinks upon something, the deeper it will take root and affect all subsequent and related thought.

Most physical battles begin once mental ones have been lost, anyway. Conquer the mind, conquer the body.

The mind thinks upon, processes, and remembers what the senses forget.

The lion does not need the whole world to fear him, only those nearest where he roams.

Like tiny gods, all that we say and do holds a power so great that any one of us in any given moment can be responsible for the birth of a new civilization or the collapse of our own.

No army is comprised of all the same kinds of units or types of troops. There is power in diversity. If you always see only one choice, or use only one option, you will surely lose more than you win.

Always think at least two steps ahead [in everything, with everyone].

[Everything you write is] not simply a collection of words, but a means of influence not to be taken lightly. Let your recipient's emotions be the gondola, and your words, its gondolier.

Most don't deserve your tears... and the ones that do will never make you cry.

One main factor in the upward trend of animal life has been the power of wandering.

If only we could lean over the soul we love and see as in a mirror the image we cast!

When in doubt, doubt the doubt!

Christ is the head of the corpus mysticum, which includes all men from the beginning of the world to its end. He is not the president of a special-interest club.

It has nothing to do with clothing or makeup. Just put your shoulders back and chin up, and face the world with pride.

Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary.

The parts I enjoy playing aren't really available to me. So I have to write them.

Football's another sport I absolutely despise. Along with baseball. Really, for me, basketball's the only real sport, the only one that matters.

I don't feel I was "born American," but my homeland was denied to me after the end of World War II and I craved something I could identify with.