“There are no second acts in American lives.”

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

Show me a hero, and I'll write you a tragedy.

I am a cloud filled with the water of sorrow.

If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better.

I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.