Peace is indivisible, and the surrounding world confusion found no reflection inside me.

Looking back now across fifteen years I could see with great clarity the fear I had lived in, which must mean that in the interval I had succeeded in a very important undertaking: I must have made my escape from it.

Everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him. It is the moment when his emotions achieve their most powerful sway over him, and afterward when you say to this person "the world today" or "life" or "reality" he will assume that you mean this moment, even if it is fifty years past. The world, through his unleashed emotions, imprinted itself upon him, and he carries the stamp of that passing moment forever.

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.

Sarcasm... the protest of those who are weak.

My father was in the coal business in West Virginia. Both dad and mother were, however, originally from Massachusetts; New England, to them, meant the place to go if you really wanted an education.

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.