peace of mind and heartarriveswhen we accept what is:having beenborn into thisstrange lifewe must acceptthe wasted gamble of ourdaysand take some satisfaction inthe pleasure ofleaving it allbehind.

And then she would smile, to show me how, and it was the saddest smile I ever saw.

The centuries are sprinkled with rare magicwith divine creatureswho help us get past the common and extraordinary ills that beset us

wesat theresmokingcigarettesat5in the morning.

my poems are only bits of scratchingon the floor of acage.

Your men will not take the hill if you're simply yelling commands from the safety of the rear.

God has hidden in each and every one of us so many abilities, gifts and resources that could only be activated by work.

My greatest success story has been my family.

People say we were an overnight success. It took us a year to be an overnight success.

I knew very early on that there would be quite a bit of attention: Superman is known all over the place.

We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.

I am not a nervous man in a general way, and very little troubled with superstitions, of which I have lived to see the folly.

I always think it's a mistake when you actually have to set books aside and actually sit down and research something. I always think they've got to come from within.

The victory over Euclidean space was not achieved by isolated individuals, but by a field of young rebels opposed to all absolutes.

If you want to lower the significance of Russia in the world, you actually just want to elevate your own country. That is a mistake.