Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.

Man cannot endure his own littleness unless he can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level.

Never mistake motion for action.

If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one ninth of it being above water.

Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.