[Money] is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.

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.

Every new day is a divine order.

I'll always be there for you.I promise to protect and nurture you.Hopefully one day soon, true Autism acceptance will besomething that just is.

This is too difficult for a mathematician. It takes a philosopher. The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.

Fair exchange, as the old saw goes is never robbery

Better heresy of doctrine than heresy of heart.

Your son and your daughter needs an excellent father more than an excellent college.

You can do law with a law degree. You can't do anything else.

A single thought has the power of a bullet: either it can destroy you or it can help you immensely.

There is a great deal that either has to be given up or be taken away from you if you are going to succeed in writing a body of work.

Christ always had a passion for whatever He was doing. That's how I try to define myself as an athlete. That's the example I try to follow.