"Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be."

"What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes."

"We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear."

"The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident."

"When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes."

"Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life."

"My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life."

"Adventure is worthwhile."

"The pen is the tongue of the mind."

"We have, I fear, confused power with greatness."

"There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle."

"People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them."

"He who is brave is free."

"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself."

"Patience is the companion of wisdom."

"Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space."

"We all have ability. The difference is how we use it."

"The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it."

"The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder."

"Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact."