In a false quarrel there is no true valor.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The Eyes are the window to your soul

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

You know you've reached rock bottom when you're standing on the beach, looking to the horizon, and you don't notice you'r ankle-deep in dead fish.

Everyone suffers some injustice in life, and what better motivation than to help others not suffer in the same way.

[Kids] will grow up into a world that's difficult and wonderful, and they'll make the best of it they can, and hopefully help turn it in the best possible direction.

None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the alchemy of poetry.

Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play.

I can't see for the life of me how an attempt to understand the universe, which I believe comes from God, can alienate us from God.

The whims of youth break all the rules.

I bet the human brain is a kludge

The issue of faith is not so much whether we believe in God, but whether we believe the God we believe in. (p.35)

The most dangerous place for an African-American in this country is in the womb.