Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.

I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it.

To be interested in the changing seasons is . . . a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life

There's place and means for every man alive.

A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

The way to know life is to love many things.

The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first.

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!

Courage is a kind of salvation.

It's only terrible to have nothing to wait for.

The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.

Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.