The secret to discovery is to never believe existing facts.

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.

You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them.

Where wise actions are the fruit of life, wise discourse is the pollination.

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

Every positive thought is a silent prayer which will change your life.

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

Your intelligence is a fire that can illuminate any darkness. Awaken and let your mind burn so brightly! You are alive for a reason!

You cannot save people from themselves. All you can do is stand firmly in your hopes for them, with compassion.

Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.

When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again.

We are never alone God will always be with us.

Keep your head and heart clear. Perspective can just as easily be lost as it can be found.

Every day is a gift. That said, I've gotten some pretty shitty gifts over the years.

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

Words uttered under coercion are proof of loyalty to nothing but self-interest. Love of country must spring from willing hearts and free minds.

Which ever one of you will want to become a journalist, let him remember to choose his own master: the reader.

You know, for every dollar a man makes a woman makes 63 cents. Now, fifty years ago that was 62 cents. So, with that kind of luck, it’ll be the year 3,888 before we make a buck.

If something isn't working, don't try harder or do more. Do something DIFFERENT.

I'm still in love with what I do, with the idea of making things up, so hours when I write always feel like very blessed hours to me.

There should be hours for necessities, not for delights; times to repair our nature with comforting repose, and not for us to waste these times.