Be that self which one truly is.

You just have to keep on doing what you do. It's the lesson I get from my husband; he just says, Keep going. Start by starting.

There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

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

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

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

A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant.

I have often been accused of putting my foot in my mouth, but I will never put my hand in your pockets

When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.

Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.

There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

They have formed their own 4-H club - the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.

Give them pleasure. The same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.

The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.

In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear.