I don't believe in intuition. When you get sudden flashes of perception, it is just the brain working faster than usual. But you've been getting ready to know it for a long time, and when it comes, you feel you've known it always.
For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack.
By learning to discover and value our ordinariness, we nurture a friendliness toward ourselves and the world that is the essence of a healthy soul.
Art is either plagiarism or revolution.
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load.
We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex--but Congress can.
I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity.