“All great and precious things are lonely.”

An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There’s a punishment for it, and it’s usually crucifixion.

Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.

Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.

No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.

Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.

It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.

Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.

I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.

A man without words is a man without thought.

The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.

Today’s greatest labor-saving device is tomorrow.

When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.

Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.

Great acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.

In books we never find anything but ourselves. Strangely enough, that always gives us great pleasure, and we say the author is a genius.

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.

The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.