Well, all he did was kill a Negro, I said. I guess that’s only a misdemeanor.
The eagle only knows how high it can fly when it spreads its wings.
Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.
Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.
Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through you. Always be kinder than necessary.
His room was a sickly dual-tone of crimson and charcoal, like an Untitled Rothko, the colours bleeding into each other horribly and then rather serenely. The overall effect was overwhelmingly unapolog...
Do not be afraid of what should be afraid of you
I raised you so high that every other man on earth is now doomed to live in your shadow.
Risk is the clue that our dreams are both real and great.
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
How is it possible that suffering that is neither my own nor of my concern should immediately affect me as though it were my own, and with such force that is moves me to action?