Looking back on our lives, we invariably find that the person we pretended to be is the person we became.

Eventually, time takes care of everything. The trouble with procrastination is that people give up on it too soon.

There are more martyrs to nonsense than truth, truth preferring missionaries.

The average teacher explains complexity; the gifted teacher reveals simplicity.

Of course I doubt. I do not practice a certainty. I practice a faith.

Are you an artist? Look about you. Is there a physical tool whose use you have mastered, a part of your body that responds utterly to your control? Is your motive esthetic? If so, you are an artist. If not, you are probably a writer.

Ah, the things we would do if we could — especially in the secure knowledge that we can't.