Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
The crux... is that the vast majority of the mass of the universe seems to be missing.
What's the earth With all its art, verse, music, worth - Compared with love, found, gained, and kept?
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.
Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
Sitting in the back of that Hummer, my head in a hood, my hands lashed behind my back, lurching back and forth while the bruises swelled up on my head, terrorism suddenly felt a lot riskier.