The curious hocus-pocus of criticism I can't take seriously. It consists in squirreling up some odd phrases and then waiting for a book to come running by.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

We need to get to the heart of each heart issue—and we can’t do it. Only the Maker can. The world needs #Jesus.

Birth is the greatest miracle.

Wisdom is an ornament of grace to the soul.

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.

Take complete control over the messages you allow into your conscious mind.

The rule Of the many is not well. One must be chief In war and one the king.

The thing that makes me feel most alive is knowing that there's something that I have to do that I'm afraid of.

Everything is gratuitous, this garden, this city and myself. When you suddenly realize it, it makes you feel sick and everything begins to drift . . . that's nausea.

Of my two 'handicaps,' being female put more obstacles in my path than being black.

The reason the Constitution gives judges life tenure is so they can be independent of political pressures and follow the law.