"A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts."

"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm."

"It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship."

"Total absence of humor renders life impossible."

"The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time."

"I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer."

"Creative thinking should be viewed as an essential supplement to, though not a replacement for, critical thinking."

"Strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others."

"If everybody's thinking alike, somebody isn't thinking."

"Only a life lived for others is a life worth while."

"As soon as you know the voice and understand what it is, the whole scene changes. The same world which was the ghastly battlefield of maya is now changed into something good and beautiful."

"How beggarly appear arguments before a defiant deed!"