The job of the poet is to render the world - to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No poet ever talks about feelings. Only sentimental people do.

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.

If you look around the table and you can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.

Any piece of knowledge I acquire today has a value at this moment exactly proportional to my skill to deal with it. Tomorrow, when I know more, I recall that piece of knowledge and use it better.

Respect for the Truth is an acquired taste.

Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.

The art of reading is the art of adopting the pace the author has set. Some books are fast and some are slow, but no book can be understood if it is taken at the wrong speed.

Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king.

Our best chance for happiness is education.

There are two statements about human beings that are true: that all human beings are alike, and that all are different. On those two facts all human wisdom is founded.

There is one thing we can do, and the happiest of people are those who do it to the limit of their ability. We can be completely present.

For the son of man shall come in the glory of His Father, with His angels; and then shall He reward every man according to his works.

I'm not going to disrespect you, don't disrespect me.

People romanticize, I think, this notion of life. But life at all costs is not life, it's ego-extension.

I grew up half the time in a small town called Mart, Texas, and half the time in L.A., because I was acting. My high school was crazy about football.

Try not to confuse longevity with a job well done.

I thought LeBron James was just going to be another addition to help me score

Involve people in the problem and work out the solution together.

As the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life.

Liberal hopefulness Regards death as a mere border to an improving picture.

If design is the first signal of human intention.