We need a way of life in which the animal, guided by reason, may romp but will not bite.

Great men have been characterized by the greatness of their mistakes as well as by the greatness of their achievements.

Man uses his intelligence less in the care of his own species than he does in his care of anything else he owns or governs.

A vigorous mind shut out from outer stimuli finds in this circumstance the time to develop leisurely, finds a freedom from distraction that leads to clear views of life and a proper expression.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Who hasn't walked through a life of small tragedies? 'Sister Sonja often asked me, as though to understand the depth and breadth of human suffering would be enough to pull me outside of my own.

Learn to be comfortable in your own skin despite what you see and hear.

Depriving our communities of libraries will deprive our society of its ability to survive. - Neil Gaiman

If the young only knew if the old only could.

The American color bar unless speedily removed will be the rock on which our international Good Neighbor policy and our pious claims to moral leadership will founder.

This is what is hardest: to close the open hand because one loves.

Art need no longer be an account of past sensations. It can become the direct organization of more highly evolved sensations. It is a question of producing ourselves, not things that enslave us.

I defy any woman who is pregnant and trying to concentrate really hard not to feel distracted.

Twenty-three is said to be the prime of life by those who have reached so far and no farther. It shares this distinction with every age, from ten to three-score and ten.