“We owe Christ to the world—to the least person and to the greatest person, to the richest person and to the poorest person, to the best person and to the worst person. We are in debt to the nations.”

“You may not be the smartest, richest or best looking person but you're probably not the dumbest, ugliest or poorest either.”

“We have treatments for disturbed persons, Nicholas. But, at least for the time being, we have no treatment for disturbing persons.”

“One person's greatest regret is another person's greatest memory.”

“...even the richest personality is nothing before he has chosen himself, and on the other hand even what one might call the poorest personality is everything when he has chosen himself; for the great thing is not to be this or that but to be oneself, and this everyone can be if he wills it.”

“The word 'personal' is one of my aversions. Personal loan. Personal hygiene. Personal safety. It's only a way of wrapping up bad news that you're in debt, or dirty, or likely to be mugged.”