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Nothing says 'dropping out of society' like learning the banjo.
Will you never grow up?" "I doubt it, and I certainly hope not.
Cleverness without wisdom: the most destructive force on Earth.
But Jesus and Christianity have a tenuous relationship at best.
I write not to record what I think but to discover what I think
You can want one thing and have a secret wish for its opposite.
You never know how - or when - the idea for a book will appear.
Individualism and mobility are at the core of American identity
Choose a career you love and you will never have to go to work.
Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence.
Winners believe in their worth in advance of their performance.
I became as hard as whipcord, but with a brain like cottonwool.
If we are to be blessed, we must pursue the Giver of blessings.
Time is like the wind, it lifts the light and leaves the heavy.
I don’t want your candor. I want your soul in a silver thimble.
I've always felt that my subject was living in dangerous times.
How many beginnings before you see the lies in your excitement?
In all systems of theology, the devil figures as a male person.
A day of bad writing is always better than a day of no writing.
My mother believed in all superstitions, plus she made some up.
People need dreams, there's as much nourishment in 'em as food.
If a child lives with approval, he learns to live with himself.
This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.
In the stillness, a fly would not have dared clear it's throat.
Would you like me to go and stick my head in a bucket of water?
Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store.
Whats the point of fitting in, when we were meant to stand out?
People who mind don't matter. But people who matter don't mind.
unless someone like you comes around, things will never change.
Gray day. Everything is gray. I watch. But nothing moves today.
I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam-I-Am.
I was saving the name of 'Geisel' for the Great American Novel.
The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.
You have been my friends. That in itself is a tremendous thing.
The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.
A plain woman is one who, however beautiful, neglects to charm.
Jesu, the very thought of Thee With sweetness fills the breast.
What is, is, and what might have been could never have existed.
Ideally, if anything [was] any good, it would be indescribable.
If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.
The product of the head, heart and hand is a thing to be loved.
It is the weak man who urges compromise - never the strong man.
Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself.
You don't even have to hate to have a perfectly miserable time.
To work is simple enough; but to rest, there is the difficulty.
Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.
Men make their choice: one man honors one God, and one another.
In every work a reward added makes the pleasure twice as great.
There is as much confusion in the world of the gods as in ours.
I have been out again on the river, rowing. I find nothing new.