Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully. Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers. The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. They have nothing to do with you getting what you want out of life.
Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
If you can remember the sixties, you weren't really there. The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. Before you attempt to change the world, change yourself. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.