I do not dye my hair blackso as to be young again and sin againbut because people dye their clothes black in mourning, so I have dyed my hair black, mourning for my old age.

The drama of the essay is the way the public life intersects with my personal and private life. It's in that intersection that I find the energy of the essay.

Make an impact ..make a substantial impact !''-Dalia Qutob

I'm a lapsed Buddhist like I'm a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point.

Never hesitate to ask a lesser person.

The American way is the way most law-abiding Americans live - in debt. Does this make a balanced budget un-American?

It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear.

I met someone who lives in an elevator.

One of the troubles is this: the heart isn't heart-shaped.

In those days [1935] I would read what the opposition papers got out, and I'd say to myself, 'What I'm doing just isn't good enough.'

It’s time to close the books on infectious diseases, declare the war against pestilence won, and shift national resources to such chronic problems as cancer and heart disease.