Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better$$$ you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so.

In this possibly terminal phase of human existence$$$ democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival.

Sometimes when we are generous in small$$$ barely detectable ways$$$ it can change someone's life forever.

It has often been observed$$$ that those who have the most time at their disposal profit by it the least. A single hour a day$$$ steadily given to the study of some interesting subject$$$ brings unexpected accumulations of knowledge.

Difficulties are meant to rouse$$$ not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

I'm all done with hating you. It's all washed out of me. I hate people hard$$$ but I don't hate them very long.

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food cake.

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.

A city with all the personality of a paper cup. (On Los Angeles)

Adornment$$$ what a science! Beauty$$$ what a weapon! Modesty$$$ what elegance!