None are as offended as those who contrive offense.

The more validation I need, the less discernment I have.

Living a life of service, rather than one of expression, is a serious mistake, because expressing who we really are is the greatest service we can perform.

A person might be able to play without being creative, but he sure can't be creative without playing.

I want to douse myself in silver words and whisper away all rue.

One of the most despicable religious fallacies is that suffering is ennobling, that it is a step on the path to some kind of enlightenment or salvation.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.

I didn’t mind the quiet stretches. It was like we were trying out the idea of being side by side.

In baseball, you can't kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his chance. That's why this is the greatest game.

There are some things we should feel guilty about, but the guilt feelings should attach to the deed, not to the doer.

Your body will never be familiar.

Libya has had to put up with too much from the Arabs for whom it has poured forth both blood and money.