"We are so vain that we even care for the opinions of those we don't care for."

"Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better."

"The past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still."

"There is no confusion like the confusion of a simple mind."

"I'm not apt to be getting married in the near future and my lifestyle isn't apt to dramatically change as a result of any new relationship."

"I hardly know so true a mark of a little mind as the servile imitation of others."

"In health the flesh is graced, the holy enters the world."

"But psychoanalysis has taught that the deada€”a dead parent, for examplea€”can be more alive for us, more powerful, more scary, than the living. It is the question of ghosts."

"God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that you try."

"The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God."