Never presume yours is a better morality.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.

Hate is a lack of imagination.

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.

A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.

Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content: the quiet mind is richer than a crown.

People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations

Who ever walked behind anyone to freedom?

Now, when I hear that Christians are getting together in order to defend the people of Israel, of course it brings joy to my heart. And it simply says, look, people have learned from history.

No one is more sensitive to the issue of overeating than the creator of Stuart Smalley.

Education enables people and societies to be what they can be.

The ultimate compliment a customer can make to an organization about one of its marketing people is: "I'm not sure whether your sales rep works for me or for you."

For Beatrice, summer without you is as cold as winter. Winter without you, is even colder.

There is no more dangerous illusion than the fancies by which people try to avoid illusion.

Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film.

When Fascism comes to America, it will be called anti-Fascism!

When one is in office one has no idea how damnable things can feel to the ordinary rank and file of the public.