The very gnarliest and hardest of hearts has some musical strings in it; but they are tuned differently in every one of us.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

Live earnestly and respond consciously with love.

We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor.

Life is about choices. Some we regret, some were proud of. Some will haunt us forever. 'Black Rain' was very much about choices. The message - we are what we chose to be.

In reality, it si more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive drain upon his side.

How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly!

It's humiliating to be dependent, anyway, but it's still a poorer pass to have no one to depend on.

Love puts all logic to sleep. Otherwise, we wouldn't risk it.

I have a home in Salt Lake, and I have a home in Malibu, at the beach.

When I asked Imran Khan for an autograph he picked up his bat to hit me.

Writing is thinking on paper.