Most of our love is shabby stuff, but there is always a thin line of gold, the bit of pure love on which all the rest depends -- and which redeems all the rest.

It is not enough that I succeed, everyone else must fail.

Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

We can only learn to love by loving.

Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they hear is a continuous scream.

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.

He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life and never managed to get out.

Our actions are like ships which we may watch set out to sea, and not know when or with what cargo they will return to port.

The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart.

I feel half faded away like some figure in the background of an old picture.

How do you begin? The answer is simple: you decide to.

Some set great value on method, while others pride themselves on dispensing with method.

[I]t's safer to be fond of dangerous people.

the theater should be free to the people just as the Public Library is free, just as the museum is free. ... I want the theater to be made accessible to the people.

We'll start signing Negroes when the Harlem Globetrotters start signing whites.

I can't imagine Revolution being quiet, unassuming, or bashful

Until you make peace with your difficult memories, that pain will continue to bleed into your current and future experiences.

Them that asks no questions isn't told a lie.

It takes a constant effort of mind to avoid the abundance that life offers naturally.

I have prevented my kids from watching MTV at home. It's not safe for kids.