In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

But in a time of war, knowledge made interesting friendships. Soon, the scholars and the thieves were . . . well, thick as thieves.

A philosopher once said, 'Half of good philosophy is good grammar.'

There is no security. Only opportunity.

Don't yield! Keep up your courage! The same sun looks down on all of us!

If I feel in need of sleep, I just open a book or turn on the television. Both are better than any sleeping pill.

Power rests in tranquillity.

Outside is the joy of the drop. Inside is the joy of the ocean.

As a rule, I think they are quite impossible. Geniuses talk so much, don't they? Such a bad habit! And they are always thinking about themselves, when I want them to be thinking about me.

He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.

A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force, to take away his life.