“I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world.”

“I am evolving from being an animal,' he said. 'But it is going very, very slowly. Sometime I try to cry and laugh like other people, just to see if it feels like anything. Yet tears don't come. Laughter doesn't come.”

“The more intelligent a person is, the more originality is found in others. Ordinary people see no difference between men.”

“A good beginning means a good book.”

“Courage is holding on one minute longer than everyone else. Courage is stepping forward when every fiber of your being says step back. Courage is being willing to do the impossible because it is the right thing to do.”

“In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe3 and enough shadows to blind those who don't.”

“All the well-meaning advice in the world won't amount to a hill of beans if we're not even addressing the real problem.”