I determine nothing; I do not comprehend things; I suspend judgment; I examine.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Eventually we all must return home, Praetor. We must embrace our past, no matter how bitter and dark." — Orion

You can plant a dream.

The president felt that it was important to send an ordinary citizen to experience the excitement of space travel as a representative for all Americans.

How ravished one could be without ever being touched. Ravished by dead words become obscene and dead ideas become obsessions.

There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone.

Traveling isn't something you're good at. It's something you do. Like breathing.

The advice nearest to my heart and deepest in my convictions is that the Union of the States be cherished and perpetuated.

In fact, lots of good poetry doesn't work , so I don't mind a bit of mystification or difficulty.

The leaders who get the most out of their people are the leaders who care most about their people.

Travel is in sad case. It is uncomfortable, it is expensive; it is a source of annoyance to our friends, and of loneliness to ourselves.