It's a pity people pick and choose what they learn from the Bible.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.

Hate is a lack of imagination.

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.

A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.

Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content: the quiet mind is richer than a crown.

People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations

The greatest success is how much impact was made

If you don't believe it's elves, that's your problem. I know it's elves.

Do not confuse humility with humiliation.

Any man that puts other family first before his own immediate family is sure heading for a future disaster because

He never contributed a damn thing to music. (on Elvis Presley)

Seeking knowledge is like opening doors. And I know the doors are everywhere.

Most people are good. They may not be saints, but they are good.

You have to let go of the things that are darling to you. You have to take the focus off yourself and put it on the shape of the scene and the intention of what everyone else needs.

There's no difference between me and you. You need something, a glove, a place to live, you let me know.

Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.