That which is called liberality is frequently nothing more than the vanity of giving.

Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never.

Democracy means not "I am as good as you are" but "You are as good as I am.".

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

Magnificent promises are always to be suspected.

A happy wedlock is a long falling in love.

I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I am sure it bends toward justice.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. Be true to your own mind and conscience, your heart and your soul. So only can you be true to God.

Nature is man's religious book, with lessons for every day.

The achievement of a happy life is not only positively good for us, it is constructively good for those around us.

Who was it had said when you fall in love all the popular songs suddenly seemed to mean something.

If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.

Get between your kid and drugs, any way you can, if you want to save the kid's life.

You go from high school, to the NBA, and you're thrown in the fire.

I am glad. I am now an Olympic medallist.

To know you are one with what you are doing, to know that you are a complete athlete, begins with believing you are a runner.

I was a daydreamer, and there is a lot of history and geography and science I missed out on because I was in my head. And I regret that.

About First Landing by Robert Zubrin: Someday I'd like to read a story about competent people on Mars.

I do want to do the entire alphabet. There's in [Walker's Alphabet] a poem called "A Life" in that grouping. I was going to change that title to "A."