We fail more often by timidity than by over-daring.

For adventure is not outside a man it is within.

Contentment and indeed usefulness comes as the infallible result of great acceptances great humilities-of not trying to conform to some dramatized version of ourselves.

What is more enthralling to the human mind than this splendid boundless colored mutability!-Life in the making?

Of all the people in the world those who want the most are those who have the most.

No real friendship is ever made without an initial clashing which discloses the metal of each to each.

Friendship is neither a formality nor a mode: it is rather a life.

Happiness ... loves to see men work. She loves sweat weariness self-sacrifice. She will not be found in the palaces but lurking in cornfields and factories and hovering over littered desks.

We fail far more often by timidity than by over-daring.

A life uncommanded now is uncom-manded a life unenjoyed now is unenjoyed a life not lived wisely now is not lived wisely.

It is very difficult to convince a person to come out of his conservative shell, unless he feels discomfort there.

The fight of faith can only be won by holy word o God.

In almost any society I think the quality of the non-conformists is like to be just as good as and no better than that of the conformists.

I was determined not to become an American citizen but I did it for completely cynical reasons: to avoid paying inheritance tax in the U.S.

Having had a reputation for being sexy is a great prop to lean on now.

Like they said about The West Wing, you can't do a show about Washington until you can.

I was pretty much the government's poster boy for what I had done.

There is no such thing as a moral dress. It's people who are moral or immoral.

The only prerequisites are past experience, a suitable personality and good communication skills: you need to be able to communicate adequately in English.

We must not be contented however with praying, without exerting ourselves in the use of means for the obtaining of those things we pray for.