Never say you are five feet nine when you are five feet eight and a half" was the first one I encountered. Another was, "Always say some prayers at night because it might turn out that there is a God.

There are special, strange gifted people in the world and they have to be treated with understanding

It seemed clear that wars were not made by generations and their special stupidities, but that wars were made instead by something ignorant in the human heart

It is a sad day when one looks back and sees that his largest regrets have become some of the most integral elements of his dreams.

As I said, this was my sarcastic summer. It was only long after that I recognized sarcasm as the protest of people who are weak.

You have to do what you think is the right thing, but just make sure it’s the right thing in the long run, and not just for the moment.

the scornful force of his tone turned the word into a curse