"Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools."

"It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great."

"Religion is meant to be bread for daily use, not cake for special occasions."

"We're supposed to be perfect our first day on the job and then show constant improvement."

"No good poem, however confessional is may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster?"

"Reputations are created every day and every minute."

"The world is not made of molecules, the world is made of stories."

"I do not want to die. . . until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown."

"Truth crushed to the earth is truth still and like a seed will rise again."

"A profession is the backbone of life."

"The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life."

"Man, unlike the animals, has never learned that the sole purpose of life is to enjoy it."