To defend oneself against a fear is simply to insure that one will, one day, be conquered by it; fears must be faced.

Do I really want to be integrated into a burning house?

There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.

We can make America what America must become.

The world tends to trap you in the role you play and it is always extremely hard to maintain a watchful, mocking distance between oneself as one appears to be and oneself as one actually is.

In order to have a conversation with someone you must reveal yourself.