Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people.

Peace is not a passive but an active condition, not a negation but an affirmation.

People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut.

Love is like the measles, all the worse when it comes late.

having considerable mind, changing it became almost as ponderous an operation as moving a barn, although not nearly so stable.

I had a vision ... of being found on the pavement by some passerby, with a small punctuation mark ending my sentence of life.

Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective!

when knowledge comes in at the door, fear and superstition fly out of the window.

The mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.

Conflict is the very essence of life.

Confidence is the most reliable currency of life.

The sacred soul writes the sacred words.

A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's.

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.

You can't be minimalist as a director until you have acquired the experience and confidence to say no.

Recruiters in our country are known for lying to people.

He who does not expect will not find out the unexpected, for it is trackless and unexplored

I was really fortunate growing up to have a broad musical education. My parents listened to all kinds of music, rock, soul, Motown, jazz, Frank Sinatra, everything.

The only time and place to find enlightenment is in this moment. No need to check your watch. The time is now.

Thinking ahead, what really happens to us will depend on how many people we have who are of the great and sober and dynamic middle-class - the strivers, the planners, the ambitious ones.