To be beat is to be at the bottom of your personality, looking up.

A dog is not almost-human, and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such.

The biggest trouble with success is that its formula is just about the same as that for a nervous breakdown.

I liked the rain. It made it harder, the harder the better. I didn't see accidents but there are a lot of broken cars out there.

And just then he realized in a flash that men have only this sad knowledge with which to heal themselves: when you lose life, you grow wise. But that is better than maiming life to hold it.

There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.

I am content that the work that I've done is wonderful.

Flirting I take to be the excitement of love, without its reality, and without its ordinary result in marriage.

Her glare was so intense that you completely forgot she was wearing pink.

When things are going well, be mindful of adversityWhen prosperous, be mindful of povertyWhen loved, be mindful of thoughtfulnessWhen respected, be mindful of humility

Writing an autobiography, usually thought of as a looking back, can just as well be a looking across or through, with the passing of time giving an X-ray quality to the eye.

I am convinced the prophets of doom have to be taken seriously.

Before marriage, many couples are very much like people rushing to catch an airplane; once aboard, they turn into passengers. They just sit there.

Mistakes are merely steps up the ladder.

Needs can be fulfilled, desires never. Needs are natural, desires are perverted.

When you move with this thought that 'I want', then the mind wanders. When you move with this thought that 'I have received', then you are content.