"Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic."

"There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich and powerful, and the freedom of the artist and the monk who renounces possessions."

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."

"When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others."

"Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back; a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country."

"MALEFACTOR, n. The chief factor in the progress of the human race."

"The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass."

"The only mystery about the cat is why it ever decided to become a domesticated animal"

"If living conditions don't stop improving in this country, we're going to run out of humble beginnings for our great men."

"Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies."

"Things that don't quite make sense can be our most valuable tools."