The past is important for all the information and wisdom it holds. But you can get lost in it. You've got to learn to keep the knowledge of the past with you as you pursue the present.

History can be rewritten, but at what cost?

There is no dark, darker than the distorted great light.

You said a curse is only a curse if I allowed myself to me cursed by it. You said... I had it in my power to free myself of any curse - that curses were preludes to blessings...

Balance is the key to a long and happy life.

The body does not create the mind; the Mind creates the body.

So far I haven't really been prominent enough to get critical attention focused on me. So, of course, I fully expect bad reviews, but I will be wracked with misery as a result.

I, unfortunately, take the subway a lot. It's not my preference, but it is my lot in life.

Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.

Your strengths develop your confidence; your weaknesses develop your faith.

The full weight and mystery of your art rests upon your relationship to your subject matter.

Laurel crowns cleave to deserts And power to him who power exerts; Hast not thy share? On winged feet, Lo! it rushes thee to meet; . . .

If the sociologist has a role, it is probably more to furnish weapons than to give lessons.

If I had to lay bets, my bet would be that everything is going to go to hell, but, you know, what else have we got except hope?