The man of culture is one of the poorest mortals alive. For simple pedantry and want of good sense no man is his equal. No assumption is too unreal, no end is too unpractical for him.

History is a living whole. If one organ be removed, it is nothing but a lifeless mass.

I may not have riches but I have great life.

The sharpest minds often ruin their lives by overthinking the next step, while the dull win the race with eyes closed.

This was not an act of terrorism, but it was an act of war.

Sometimes people save the best part of themselves for their art.

If my life is not crazy and complicated, then something's wrong. I'm happiest when it is, and the fact of the matter is, it's what keeps me fresh.

A tree nowhere offers a straight line or a regular curve, but who doubts that root, trunk, boughs, and leaves embody geometry?

One of my school friends' parents owned a minigolf course, and a bunch of us kids would play there all day in the summer. Two-under deuces was a good score.

The five kinds of grains are considered good plants, but if the grains are not ripe, they are worse than cockles. It is the same with regard to kindness, which must grow into maturity.

We can try to kill all that is native, string it up by its hind legs for all to see, but spirit howls and wildness endures.

Expectations send unconscious signals that people respond to.