In terms of work, I never felt that I've done it right. I always want to have done it differently, to have done it better, a different way.

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

The fear is for what is still to be lost.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus.

If you are faithful and diligent in your work, God will place you before kings

The ‘Elves’ are ‘immortal’, at least as far as this world goes: and hence are concerned rather with the griefs and burdens of deathlessness in time and change, than with death.

I don't like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas, as it were.

To be always doubting your ability to get what you long for is like trying to reach east by traveling west.

The more connected that individual is to an issue they care about, the higher probability there is they will stay involved over a longer period of time.

Any social movement that seeks to benefit only its own members I think is a shallow movement and probably doomed to failure.

The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.

When I took over, the economy had almost collapsed. I told Malawians we needed to pass through difficult times. Two days ago I even cut my own salary by 30% to show we are making sacrifices.

Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.

A newspaper should be the maximum of information, and the minimum of comment.