Vigorous writing is concise.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.
It felt like they used a baton or something -- it was harder than anyone had ever hit me in the head before.
A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory.
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.
I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people who are convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference after another.