Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.

Life is a loom, weaving illusion.

They tried to get me-I got them first! (suicide note)

Change the fabric of your own soul and your own visions, and you change all.

You can't crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them.

Authors and uncaptured criminals are the only people free from routine.

How can we help students to understand that the tragedy of life is not death; the tragedy is to die with commitments undefined and convictions undeclared and service unfulfilled?

They tried to get me - I got them first! [Suicide.]

Except the Christ be born again tonight In dreams of all men, saints and sons of shame, The world will never see his kingdom bright.

The only thing that a man may do that is new, is to write himself on human hearts.

My life is unjust, but I can strive for justice. My life is unkind, but I can vote for kindness.

When you find a best friend, you become two flowers blooming from the same bud.

We crave real people and are delighted when we find them.

Ignore the misery. Custom invites you to ignore the misery."SHOW YOUR TONGUE

It's just a goatee. That sounds kind of weird. A soul patch? I don't know how 'soul' it is.

In life one cannot eat his cake and have it, too; he must make his choice and then do the best he can to be content to go the way his judgment leads.

It’s a very weird thing being a photographer.

It's hard to learn about comedy from comedians. Comedy is not something that you necessarily learn or can imitate. You're funny or you're not, and you hope what you're doing is funny.

All you have to do is take a man at face value. Don't go into it thinking you can change them. Men aren't fixer-uppers, not like a house or a car. You buy them as is.

Your teammates give you the confidence. They give me the confidence all year, all postseason.

For some reason the football coach of a major college program is seen as one of the leaders of the campus. And some way we have to let our young people know that that leader can look like anyone.