Every man's memory is his private literature.

A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.

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

There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.

The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.

Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.

Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

As long as we believe in absurdities we shall continue to commit atrocities.

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

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

Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.

Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.

Dare to risk public criticism.

I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.