To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit of different interpretations.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

In this age, lies were the universal lubricant of the culture. A love of Truth and commitment to it were seldom rewarded and were often punished.

Sometimes the things that happen can be changed. Sometimes they cannot. Which time is this?

I always wonder how to measure how beautiful life is.

Small steps may appear unimpressive, but don't be deceived. They are the means by which perspectives are subtly altered, mountains are gradually scaled, and lives are drastically changed.

I love walking down the street and seeing faces and drama and happiness and sadness and dirt and cleanliness.

To the modern spirit, disillusioned, or at least unillusioned, the great evil to be avoided is sentimentality.

Leaders express feelings that other leaders sense.

Nothing short of a federal investigation can begin to disclose the abuses which have woven a fine web of mutually implicating relationships between businessmen and government officials.

Even though I have many obstacles in my life, I don't want people to feel bad for me.

Even on my weakest days I get a little bit stronger