It is not enough to do, one must also become. I wish to be wiser, stronger, better. This--" I held out my hands "--this thing that is me is incomplete. It is only the raw material with which I have to work. I want to make it better than I received it.

No memory is ever alone; it's at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have their own associations.

The deep sea can be fathomed, but who knows the heart of a woman?

Education is everywhere, prompting one to think, to consider, to remember.

Do you wish to learn? There are books that can teach you anything, and there is no cheaper form of education, nor one whose effects are more lasting. My education came from books, and they have been my companions by many campfires, in bunkhouses, ships' forecastles, in hotels and on planes. No matter where you find me, I am never far from a book.

A body shouldn't heed what might be. He's got to do with what is.

No one can get an education, for of necessity education is a continuing process.