Thoughts are slow and deep and golden in the morning.

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.

What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?

I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.

Being president of a major public university is the most political nonpolitical office around.

A lost election can have the jolt of a drop through the gallows door, leading to a dark night of the soul in which the future presses down like a cloud that will never lift.

I did end up becoming a drawer, a sketcher and a painter because of comic books, but I didn't read them. Not at all.

Don't be pessimistic Because, today, the sun hasn't shone It probably won't next year And you'll then be 61

There's no better reading experience than going to the place where a text was written.

As a rule, I am very careful to be shallow and conventional where depth and originality are wasted.

You must not fall. / When you lose your balance, resist for a long time before turning yourself toward the earth. Then jump. / You must not force yourself to stay steady. You must move forward.

Repetition is not repetition, ... The same action makes you feel something completely different by the end