No human being can destroy the structure of a marriage except the two who made it. It is the one human edifice that is impregnable except from within.

We can get the new world we want, if we want it enough to abandon our prejudices, every day, everywhere. We can build this world if we practice now what we said we were fighting for.

Nothing's easier than believing we understand experiences we've never had.

We always hate the school room where we learn hard lessons. But then we love it, because that's the school that taught us all we know, and gave us all the strength we have.

The rich and powerful want to believe in their right to be rich and powerful, so they justify it by saying they are inherently superior to the poor and lowly.

You are not required to start over, but you are required to keep going.

being made happy isn't receiving something new, it's being made to understand what we have.

The greatest action is the grace to define sacred-self.

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.

I know well that happiness is in little things.

Athletes are American princes and the locker room is their castle. Some of them behave in princely fashion, become legitimate heroes to us all. And some are jerks.

Keith Richards outlived Jim Fixx, the runner and health-nut dude. The plot thickens.

We know of fishing vessels that carry up to twelve different flags on board, and they re-flag their ship at sea,.

Long ago, in a burst of friendliness, Aunty and Uncle Jimmy produced a son named Henry.

I love the ocean. Boats, not so much.

The only poll obviously that matters is the last one, the one that's counted after all the votes are cast.

My conscience does not permit me to run for the presidency or any other official position unless it is within a democratic framework.