She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

In life, you learned that not all white people are racist, not all black folks are criminals, let's admit it and love one another..

Happiness is an inner perception. It comes from simplicity, kindness, love, and compassion.

if people weren't sinners, every intelligence network would be out of business

My high school years were fun and frustrating, typical of the teen years. The most important accomplishment was meeting my wife, Ruth.

Confidence is such a fragile and precious thing.

We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others.

What renders other people's vanity insufferable is that it wounds our own.

I hope my own children never have to fight a war.

Failing is what we do, or stumbling is what we do on a daily basis.

It's very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you're always fighting is ego.