“Trying is failing with dignity.”

“Life is nor about 'Having', it's about 'Being'.”

“The desire for high status is never stronger than in situations where "ordinary" life fails to answer a median need for dignity and comfort.”

“Reserve delicacy of sentiment for friendship; accept love for what it is.... The more dignity you give it, the more dangerous you make it.”

“Failure is becoming someone who needs others to fail.”

“No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country”

“A writer fails, not when a reader is not moved; but when, as a reader, the writer is not moved.”