Distrust your judgment the moment you can discern the shadow of a personal motive in it.

None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.

Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.

An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies... all the stupid men.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.

Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.

There are very few honest friends--the demand is not particularly great.

Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.

I think I can say with confidence that it’s a lot funnier if you haven’t actually been attacked by a shark.

It made Ender listen more carefully to what people meant, instead of what they said. It made him wise.

The present was perfect and I wasgoing to stay in it for as long as possible.

The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.

People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace.

I like the pace of my world. It's busy, but for me, the less I do the lazier I get.

To be a critic, you have to have maybe three percent education, five percent intelligence, two percent style, and 90 percent gall and egomania in equal parts.

He says a word, and I say a word—autumn is deepening.

Until blacks and whites see each other as brother and sister, we will not have parity. It's very clear.

Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations.