“Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.”

“The all but unanimous judgment seems to be that we, the democracies, are just as responsible for the rise of the dictators as the dictatorships themselves, and perhaps more so.”

“The most extraordinary thing about the oyster is this. Irritation gets into his shell. He does not like them. But when he cannot get rid of them he uses the irritation to do the lovelist thing an oyster ever has the chance to do. If there are irritations in our lives today, there is only one prescription: make a pearl. It may have to be a pearl of patience, but…make a pearl.-In the Treasure Chest, ed. Charles L. Wallis”

“Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world — making the most of one’s best.”

“Life is like a library owned by the author.In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.”

“Membenci orang lain adalah laksana membakar rumah kita sendiri untuk mengusir seekor tikus.”

“I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.”