There is no such thing as an absolute truth to be discovered.

You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they've been read.

Never forget that God tests his real friends more severely than the lukewarm ones.

But hands are sacred things. Touch is personal, fingers of love, feelers of blind eyes, tongues of those who cannot talk.

I am in limbo, and in limbo there are no races, no prizes, no changes, no chances. There are merely degrees of endurance, and endurance never was my strong point.

Literature, like memory, selects only the vivid patches.

Language is by its very nature a communal thing.

There is a time, when passing through a light, that you walk in your own shadow.

You must never lose the awareness that in yourself you are nothing, you are only an instrument. An instrument is nothing until it is lifted.

It's the possibility that when you're dead you might still go on hurting that bothers me.

It's not a question of doing the best thing for the environment - the best thing for the environment is for people to stop using vast amounts of energy.

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

No person can do this or that to keep another from being truly free. We are always free. Even if imprisoned.

To question is to grow.

History gives you insight of the same quality of truth as poetry or philosophy or a novel.

An aware parent loves all children he or she interacts with - for you are a caretaker for those moments in time.

It's my job to turn my mess [life] into a message and never regret a day of my life.

I think gambling can be a good thing if you don't take it too seriously. Take it and have fun with it, and don't lose what you can't afford to lose.

Each man creates god in his own image.

I'm just a citizen temporarily in public service.

We thrive not when we've done it all, but when we still have more to do.