Life, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

A government of, by and for the people is obligated to conduct the nation's business in a manner that respects dissent.

In my opinion, no single design is apt to be optimal for everyone.

Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss.

One way or another, all the poets of the thirties and forties reacted to Auden, either by rejecting him or trying to absorb him.

No man can mortgage his injustice as a pawn for his fidelity.

People think that the directors direct actors. No. Really, what the director's doing is directing the audience's eye through the film.

Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.

Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress.

A half truth is the worst of all lies,because it can be defended in partiality.

Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. America from border to border and coast to coast and all the ships at sea. Let's go to press.