“The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.”

“You always admire what you really don't understand.”

“No one can make you feel inferior without your permission.”

“A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.”

“Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.”

“The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.”

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”