Of persons I will say this: it is difficult to tell when they are running aright but easy to see when something has gone awry.

When you are wrestling for possession of a sword, the man with the handle always wins.

The difference between stupid and intelligent people - and this is true whether or not they are well-educated - is that intelligent people can handle subtlety.

This is one of the two great labyrinths into which human minds are drawn: the question of free will versus predestination.

You should not believe a thing only because you like to believe it. We call that 'Diax's Rake.

To condense fact from the vapor of nuance.

Any property that's open to common use gets destroyed. Because everyone has incentive to use it to the max, but no one has incentive to maintain it.

See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places.

Constable Moore had reached the age when men can subject their bodies to the worst irritations - whisky, cigars, woolen clothes, bagpipes - without feeling a thing or, at least, without letting on.

And it happened all the time that the compromise between two perfectly rational alternatives was something that made no sense at all.

The difference between ignorant and educated people is that the latter know more facts. But that has nothing to do with whether they are stupid or intelligent.

My father died when I was really young, on Christmas Day.

Save your rejections so that later when you are famous you can show them to people and laugh.

Art is the lesser sister to medicine. It aims to heal.

Potential means you haven't done anything yet.

Boldness is behavior born out of belief.

Recently I've been doing risottos. Some of them have been amazing. Some of them, not all of them.

Many nights, I longed for home. But it occurred to me as I struggled for a feeling of comfort and safety: I have no idea where home is.

What good is having the right to sit at a lunch counter if you can't afford to buy a hamburger?

Make preparations in advance ... you never have trouble if you are prepared for it.

I had never really pictured myself working in children's ministries. I always figured I would be more comfortable with maybe teens or adult ministries.