The purpose of life is to matter, to be productive, to have it make a difference that you lived at all-using the talents that God has given you for the betterment of others.

It is not that which is beautiful that pleases us, but that which pleases is is called beautiful.

You understand people better if you look at them-no matter how old or impressive or important they may be-as if they were children. For most men never mature; they simply grow taller.

Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed.

Happiness, in the ancient, noble sense, means self-fulfillment—and is given to those who use to the fullest whatever talents God … bestowed upon them.

People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle.

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.