I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another
step forward.

I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another
step forward.

How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt?.

How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt?.

Friendship is the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with
a person having neither to weigh thoughts or measure read more

Friendship is the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with
a person having neither to weigh thoughts or measure words, but pouring
all right out just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a
faithful friendly hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping
and, with a breath of comfort, blow the rest away.

It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but
I couldn't give it up read more

It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but
I couldn't give it up because by then I was too famous.

The ultimate creative capacity of the brain may be, for all practical purposes, infinite.

The ultimate creative capacity of the brain may be, for all practical purposes, infinite.

I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century:
that a writer never complains, never explains read more

I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century:
that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.

I have had dreams, and I have had nightmares. I overcame the
nightmares because of my dreams.

I have had dreams, and I have had nightmares. I overcame the
nightmares because of my dreams.

Virtue is the only true nobility.

Virtue is the only true nobility.

And neither shall we learn to war with ourselves anymore.

And neither shall we learn to war with ourselves anymore.