The first race of mankind used to dispute, as our ordinary people do now-a-days, in a kind of wild logic, uncultivated by rule of art.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.

The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.

In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write.

It is impossible to be negative while we are giving thanks.

In January 1944 I was called up by the Forced Labor Service, but I deserted on October 10, 1944.

When someone writes a really nasty piece about me. I think they're generally untrue because I think I'm a nice person.

The laws of the media, in tetrad form, bring logos and formal cause up to date to reveal analytically the structure of all human artefacts.

The only thing new is you finding out about something. Like nothing's really new, but you reinvent it for yourself and find your inner voice.

There is nothing you cannot be, there is nothing you cannot do. There is nothing you cannot have.

I thought, between sports and news and television and friendship, that you could end the Cold War and, by God, we did.

The moment is all there is now. All there is is now. That's what God is, too. God is only now.

I've always been a slave to my heart.