[I am not] the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger.
If you don't gamble, you'll never win.
Man is unique in organizing the mass murder of his own species.
Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.
I think that fiction and, as I say, history and biography are immensely important, not only for their own sake, because they provide a picture of life now and of life in the past, but also as vehicles for the expression of general philosophic ideas, religious ideas, social ideas.
Words form the thread on which we string our experiences. [Therefore be careful how you interpret your life. Don't think or speak negatively lest your subconscious and others take you at your word and you are hung by your own tongue!]