Only equals make friends, every other relationship is contrived and off balance.

Continue to be bold, courageous. Try to choose the wisest thing and once you've chosen the wisest thing go out and try to achieve it. Be it.

If I wanted to write, I had to be willing to develop a kind of concentration found mostly in people awaiting execution. I had to learn technique and surrender my ignorance.

The children to whom we read simple stories may or may not show gratitude, but each boon we give strengthens the pillars of the world.

Preach it, I say preach it.

My grandmother told me that every good thing I do helps some human being in the world. I believed her 50 years ago and still do.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, the encountering may be the very experience which creates the vitality and the power to endure.