People who think they're generous to a fault usually think that's their only fault.

Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.

A truly successful person knows how to overcome the past, use the present, and prepare for the future-but unless we can first surmount the past, we cannot effectively cope with either the present or the future.

Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.

Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.

Why do most Americans look up to education and down upon educated people?

The deepest and rarest kind of courage has nothing to do with feats or obstacles in the outside world; and, indeed, has nothing to do with the outside world - it is the courage to be who you are.