Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.

Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.

The road to success runs uphill.

The road to success runs uphill.

When will people understand that words can cut as sharply as any blade, and that those cuts leave scars upon read more

When will people understand that words can cut as sharply as any blade, and that those cuts leave scars upon our souls.

A blank helpless sort of face, rather like a rose just before you drench it with D.D.T.

A blank helpless sort of face, rather like a rose just before you drench it with D.D.T.

Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.

Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

I'm comfortable being old... being black... being Jewish.

I'm comfortable being old... being black... being Jewish.

If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood read more

If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater the effort the heavier the world bore down upon his shoulders -- what would you tell him to do? I don't know. What could he do? What would you tell him? To shrug.