“I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.”

“My life has been long, and believing that life loves the liver of it, I have dared to try many things, sometimes trembling, but daring, still.”

“Success is loving life and daring to live it.”

“I am convinced that most people do not grow up...We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies, and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are innocent and shy as magnolias.”

“I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.”

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”

“I do not need to know all things. I remind myself that it is sufficient that I know what I know and know that without believing that I will always know what I know or that what I know will always be true.”