War is a bad thing, but peace can be a living horror

There were only the great diamonds and sapphires and emerald mists and velvet inks of space, with God's voice mingling among the crystal fires.

There were differences between memories and dreams. He had only dreams of things he had wanted to do, while Lespere had memories of things done and accomplished.

Oh, death in space was most humorous.

And he listened to me. That was the thing he did, as if he was trying to fill himself up with all the sound he could hear.

Somewhere on the Earth tonight, my Tylla, there is a Man with a Lever, which, when he pulls it, Will Save The World. The man is now unemployed. His switch gathers dust. He himself plays pinochle.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

The great artists represent you. The great products represent you. They don't tell you who you are. But with them, you require less verbiage.

Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.

Live in the moment. Feel everything you want to feel. And maybe have a couple of drinks if you're nervous, I guess.

People do things for "their" reasons, not ours. So find their reasons.

Runners in the western world have a tendency to create psychological barriers for themselves, but Morceli runs at will, with no inhibitions.

Clients say, 'What's your strategy,' and I say, 'Ask me what I believe first.' That's a far more enduring answer.

In today's politics, it would be good to have politicians who are more upfront about what they felt and actually not trying to bend with every breeze. They're infuriating, all of them.

Our political differences, now matter how sharply they are debated, are really quite narrow in comparison to the remarkably durable national consensus on our founding convictions.

So there you have it, a lifetime of first smelling the books, they all smell wonderful, reading the books, loving the books, and remembering the books.