You hear a lot of dialogue on the death of the American family. Families aren't dying. They're merging into big conglomerates.

One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most cherished birthright of man's, privacy.

Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come.

Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

Our greatest foes - and whom we must chiefly combat - are within.

I don't try to imagine a personal god; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.

Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.

Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the same time it's perhaps far more terrible than it's ever been.

An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

An intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike.

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.

To find a man's true character, play golf with him.

Freedom lies in being bold.