History begins in novel and ends in essay

Universal brotherhood is not even a beautiful dream. Antagonism is essential to man’s greatest efforts.

There is nothing higher and stronger and more wholesome and useful for life in later years than some good memory, especially a memory connected with childhood, with home.

Nothing unites two people so completely, especially if, like you and me, all they have is words.

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.

As long as you’re just smart enough to do a job and just dumb enough to swallow what they feed you, you’re gonna be alright. But if you go beyond that then you’re gonna have these grave doubts that give you stomach problems, headaches make you want to go out and do something else. So, I believe that schools mechanically and very specifically try and breed out any hint of creative thought in the kids that are coming out.

I’ve always been surrounded by many great people and professors, but my family, especially my mom who was a teacher, was the person who encouraged me to study and pushed me to continue

The Essence of Knowledge is, having it, to use it.

The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks

You can’t cure your own cancer, obviously, especially if it’s late stage.

Looking at fires when high, by the way, especially through one of those prism kaleidoscopes which image their surroundings, is an extraordinarily moving and beautiful experience.

A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery.