The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.

You need courage to be creative. You need the courage to see things differently, courage to go against the crowd, courage to take a different approach, courage to stand alone, if you have to, courage to choose activity over inactivity.

You must get good at one of two things; planting in the spring or begging in the fall.

Don't sell out your virtue and your value for something you think you want. Judas got the money, but he threw it all away and hung himself because he was so unhappy with himself.

Those who seek a better life must first become a better person.

Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.

Decision making can sometimes seem like inner civil war.