We often discover what will do by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

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.

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.

He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.

I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country.

I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.

Get off your butt and join the Marines!

We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain.

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.