There are certain thoughts that, no matter what, you have to keep inside.
There is no competition of sounds between a nightingale and a violin.
My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...
The best thing you can wear is self confidence.
In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.
Nostalgia has a way of blocking the reality of the past.
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
Sacrifice of the self is sheer stupidity if sacrifice is not for the self.
Being bored is the price we pay for not being insane.
Be your best proponent, ally, and advocate.
Now, 75 years [after ], in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods, and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books.