I'd never looked down the barrel of a gun before, but everything you've heard about the experience is true.
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
He who laughs, lasts!
Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can.
Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.