he who will not economize will have to agonize

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

To See What Is Right And Not Do It Is A Lack Of Courage.

What you do not want done to yourself do not do to others.

Choose a job that you like, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

An orchid in a deep forest sends out its fragrance even if no one is around to appreciate it.

A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.

The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.

A woman holy duty is to respect a man.

When we want mood experiences, we go to concerts or museums. When we want meaningful emotional experience, we go to the storyteller.

Night was come, and her planets were risen: a safe, still night: too serene for the companionship of fear.

It would have been better if I had won, but reaching the final was perfect.

I'd wanted to be [an actress] all my life.

The celebration of death is not a good thing. Fetishizing death isn't a good thing. You should be celebrating life and enjoying it and all that.

The patrol system leads each boy to see that he has some individual responsibility for the good of his patrol.

The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.

Good fiction reveals feeling, refines events, locates importance and, though its methods are as mysterious as they are varied, intensifies the experience of living our own lives.

Oh, let me be mawkish for the nonce! I am so tired of being cynical.