Look into any man's heart you please, and you will always find, in every one, at least one black spot which he has to keep concealed.

The sea possesses a power over one's moods that has the effect of a will. The sea can hypnotize. Nature in general can do so.

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.

It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.

The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

Don't use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.

The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority

...I'm no longer prepared to accept what people say and what's written in books. I must think things out for myself, and try to find my own answer.

I don't imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over.

Some concepts are so incredibly risky they take an honest fool to try to articulate them.

Success is determined by how best you can utilize your time

If we adopted Jack, " I quip, "we'd have to give him combat pay for an allowance

Chase a butterfly and you will discover the joys of wandering into uncharted trails.

Measure yourself by your best moments, not by your worst. We are too prone to judge ourselves by our moments of despondency and depression.

Sing Ho for the Life of a Bear

It is my feeling that a story is not finished until it is read, and that the reader finishes it through his or her life experience, prejudices, worldview and thoughts.

All good novelists have bad memories. What you remember comes out as journalism; what you forget goes into the compost of the imagination.

Enjoy life - you only get one.

Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy, so they know the value of things, not the price.