Men have ascribed to God imperfections that they would deplore in themselves.

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

A rose struggling in a desert is still braver than a flower flourishing in a rain forest.

Beating yourself up over every perceived mistake is the work of an internal abuser who must be restrained and reformed.

The admiration of another writer’s work is almost in inverse proportion to similarities in style.

When I was a little kid I wanted to be an artist or a painter. But once I got into boxing, all I wanted was to box.

I agree with Donna Brazile who said about Benghazi: "We got to preven dis from hapinin agen. "

I've always loved where my dad came from and the ideals that instilled in me.

Can we wonder that men perish and are forgotten, when their noblest and most enduring works decay? Death comes even to monumental structures, and oblivion rests on the most illustrious names.

I greatly admired him as a teacher I didn't teach the same way as Josef Albers at all.

Infinite are the arguments of mages.

Security without freedom means slavery.