One man finds in religion his literature and his science, another finds in it his joy and his duty.

Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.

Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

We find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many things.

The evening of life brings with it its lamps.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

Close your eyes and you will see.

When motivation flows, people see work as interesting as music. They enjoy it till they do more than they could have done. Leaders motivate people to do greater things.

Need someone to talk to? I could tug my ear right now.

Love is the most beautiful sacrifice.

PhD, MFA, self-taught—the only things you must have to become a writer are the stamina to continue and a wily, cagey heart in the face of extremity, failure, and success.

I'm afraid the election is going to be rigged, I have to be honest.

To walk around with an ego is a bad thing. To have confidence in yourself is a great thing.

We are, all of us, poor wretches, and those who prefer not to understand this are even worse off than the rest of us.

Sadness isn't sadness. It's happiness in a black jacket. Tears are not tears. They're balls of laughter dipped in salt. Death is not death. It's life that's jumped off a tall cliff.

The key to a healthy life is having a healthy mind.