The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

There is such dissociation between what the eyes see and what the mind envisions. The final thought is just a matter of interpretation, coloured by our experiences.

It's beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one could lie at crucial moments.

Of all the variables in your life, your relationships may hold the greatest power to make you happy or miserable

Keep doing what you're doing no matter what anyone says. Defy your own doubt.

The United States is not only number one in military power but also in the effectiveness of its propaganda system.

The living have never shown me how to live.

It is a myth, not a mandate, a fable not a logic, a symbol rather than reason by which men are moved.

Joy comes from seeing the complete fulfillment of the specific purpose for which I was created and born again, not from successfully doing something of my own choosing.

As a natural process, of the same character as the development of a tree from its seed, or of a fowl from its egg, evolution excludes creation and all other kinds of supernatural intervention.

We're getting back what we're putting out.