I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.
Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.
Dictionaries are always fun, but not always reassuring.
Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off.
Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
In June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them.
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones.
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.
I was terrible at straight items. When I wrote obituaries, my mother said the only thing I ever got them to do was die in alphabetical order.
The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from now on.
Love the moment and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries.
He was one of those inexplicable gifts of nature, an artist who leaps over boundaries, changes our nervous systems, creates a new language, transmits new kinds of joy to our startled senses and spirits.
The punctuation of anniversaries is terrible, like the closing of doors, one after another between you and what you want to hold on to.
All reactionaries are paper tigers.