Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.
I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.
I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.
Books...are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development.
The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.
In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.