We must be what we wish our children to be. They will form their characters from ours.

If a child cannot place implicit confidence in his parent, most assuredly no confidence can be reposed in the child.

That’s the attractive thing about war, ” said Rosewater. “Absolutely everybody gets a little something.

When one clings to the myth of superiority one must constantly overlook the virtues and abilities of others.

The photograph reverses the purpose of travel, which until now had been to encounter the strange and unfamiliar.

A satellite has no conscience.

The good things that happen to us were meant to happen, and the bad things that happen are lessons meant to teach us to be better.

I've come to understand that the best one can hope for as a human is to have a relationship with that emptiness where God would be if God were available, but God isn't.

Some people help thousands of people directly, like Marie Curie or Susan B. Anthony. Others help us by inspiring us, like Amelia Earhart. But you do have to help someone.

Humans cannot communicate; not even their brains can communicate; not even their conscious minds can communicate. Only communication can communicate.

I suppose I have come to realize that entertainment is not easily dismissed. Beyond the meaning (of a work of art), it is important to people. Without it, lives can be dull.