“A mountain still in the distance can appear as a molehill.”

“I am a man of peace [so he told Mother, but it always appeared to me that he was the most belligerent man of peace I had ever encountered]”

“Your life is nothing, just a little makeshift that you play with for a while, a machine that you put to use. And if something cracks it, then it's cracked, that's all.”

“The revolution goes on; a man does not make the revolution, not a thousand men, not an army and not a party; the revolution comes from the people as they reach toward God, and a little of God is in each person and each will not forget it. This it is the revolution when slaves shake their chains and the revolution when a strong man bends toward a weaker and says, "Here, comrade, is my arm." The revolution goes on and nothing stops it; but because the people are seeking what is good, not what is wicked or powerful or cruel or rich or venal, but simply what is good--because of that the people flounder and feel along one dark road after another. The people no more all-seeing than their rulers once were; it is in intention that they differ.”

“Man is a part of God, or else he is a beast; and beasts know love and fear and hate and hunger--but not exultation”

“Bagiku, sehari tanpa menulis adalah sehari hilang, terbuang.”

“Jadi, jika aku ditanyai, "Apa yang harus kulakukan untuk menjadi penulis sukses?" Aku akan menjawab bahwa kau harus menginginkannya lebih daripada kau menginginkan yang lain.”