For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself. 

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

Never lose a holy curiosity.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.

My son has died of AIDS.

When you make fun of somebody who is hurt, you add insult to their injury!

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals.

Truth is the greatest casualty of compromised media.

Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.