“Charm is a woman’s strength, just as strength is a man’s charm.”
“The Promised Land always lies on the other side of a wilderness.”
“Thinking in its lower grades is comparable to paper money; in its higher forms it is a kind of poetry.”
“All civilization is from time to time a thin crust over a volcano.”
“A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.”
“The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.”
“Every artist writes his own autobiography.”
“To be a leader of men one must turn one’s back on men.”
“Discontent is the first necessity of progress.”
“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will instruct his patient in the care of the human frame.”
“Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.”
“Hell, there are no rules here—we’re trying to accomplish something.”
“We don’t know a millionth of one percent about anything.”
“Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.”
“Translating is the art of failure.”
“To survive, you must tell stories.”
“The real hero is always a hero by mistake.”
“We are always at war with the idea that there is a single truth.”
“Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry.”