The great man is too often all of a piece; it is the little man that is a bundle of contradictory elements. He is inexhaustible. You never come to the end of the surprises he has in store for you.

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.

People are not lazy, they simply have impotent goals..that is..goals that do not inspire them.

When you know the inside stories, no matter how good looks the cover, you just cannot appreciate it...

Because they are ignorant and their parents are ignorant. Because they don’t know any better.” Pastel Orphans

Your greatest moments of challenge are a call to defy your timid habits of safety and rush out into life.

It is better to be happy for a moment and be burned up with beauty than to live a long time and be bored all the while.

Rummy is one of the easiest of all card games to learn. More people understand the rules of Rummy than of any other card game.

TRYING TO BE POPULAR IN HIGH SCHOOL IS LIKE TRYING TO BE MAYOR OF A CITY THAT WON'T EXIST IN FOUR YEARS.

Our intuitions, as humans, aren't always very good. Changes that happen really suddenly, on the strength of the most minor of input, can be deeply confusing.

People who are bad at time management. If you say you're going to be somewhere at a certain time, be there!

The animated bug has bitten pop culture. It makes me feel happy and free. When you don't act seriously, you can make up your own rules.