Sincerity that thinks it is the sole possessor of the truth is a deadlier sin than hypocrisy, which knows better.

Real loneliness consists not in being alone, but in being with the wrong person, in the suffocating darkness of a room in which no deep communication is possible.

As the horsepower in modern automobiles steadily rises, the congestion of traffic steadily lowers the average possible speed of your car. This is known as Progress.

When we inform, we lead from strength; when we communicate, we lead from weakness—and it is precisely this confession of mortality that engages the ears, heads and hearts of those we want to enlist as allies in a common cause.

But what is significant is that if you don't want to like and accept somebody, one excuse is as good as another. The objective facts don't matter, and the reasons are never as ‘reasonable' as we like to think they are.

There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen.

God cannot be solemn, or he would not have blessed man with the incalculable gift of laughter.