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.
I'd never looked down the barrel of a gun before, but everything you've heard about the experience is true.
No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.
Sometimes the cure for restlessness is rest.
A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel.
No one goes there nowadays, it's too crowded.