Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much. For on the smiles, the thanks we give, our little gestures of appreciation, our neighbors build their philosophy of life.

If you are writing any book about the end of the world, what you are really writing about is what's worth saving about it.

The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.

Behind every writer stands a very large bookshelf.

Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them

My inventing time is all done under the influence of aerobic exercise. Basically, I do all my thinking while I run.

I grew up during the Cold War, when everything seemed very tenuous. For many years, right up until the fall of the Berlin Wall, I had vivid nightmares of nuclear apocalypse.

That is life... to begin again when everything is lost!

We cannot measure Divine Providence by the yardstick of human mentality.

Even if my country remains in war with yours. . .remember. . . i am not your enemy.

[Once plans for each eventuality are resolved, further] Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.

Better collapse earlier than giving up later, but what best is never giving up.

Put your trust in Allah and not in anyone other than Him, because it is known that He alone is the Helper.

Freedom of speech implies the world isn’t defined. It is meaningful when people are allowed to see the world their way.

We must never forget that the dance is the cradle of Negro music.

Pretty words, as pretty women, wrinkle up and die.

There's bad apples in whatever way you want to group people - doesn't matter if it's religious, political or social. The big mistake is generalizing.

I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people.

One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.

The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious.

Poverty is not natural; it is man-made