One should not be too severe on English novels; they are the only relaxation of the intellectually unemployed.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

The awakening is finally realizing that you are a part of God, like a single cell that finally sees it is a part of you.

The legitimate aim of criticism is to direct attention to the excellent. The bad will dig its own grave.

But authors before they write should read.

The artist makes his living by pretending, by putting it in a meaningful hole though no such holes exist.

Pursue without interfering.

The man who can speak acceptably is usually given credit for an ability out of all proportion to what he really possesses.

I always say African American history is the quintessential American story. It's about perseverance and resilience - something everyone can relate to.

I want us all to fulfill our greatest potential. To find our calling, and summon the courage to live it.

Upon the death of my father, our family and myself were emotionally and financially exhausted.

It's too presumptuous and naïve to think you can change society by a photograph or anything else... I equate that with propaganda; I think that's a lower rank of purpose.