One must be a little foolish if one does not want to be even more stupid.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.

Most poor people in America were like Arleen: they did not live in public housing or apartments subsidized by vouchers. Three in four families who qualified for assistance received nothing.

Comb his Facebook page. See if he has a Twitter account. Follow up on every Google lead. I want to know what makes him tick, what makes him the man he is.

My dad was a terrible businessman.

I have to make rock records occasionally.

Nonviolent struggle is the most powerful means available to those struggling for freedom.

The loss of a sense adds as much beauty to the world as its acquisition.

The simplest tool of the writer is repetition. . . . The simplest tool of the writer is repetition.

Just call me black, if you want to call me anything.

Dedication to quality, community, and originality without exception.