Regardless, his message is still true. For this week, I have selected words that pertain to writing in one way or the other. Minds are like parachutes - they function only when open. There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one else has the right to blame us.
Miracles are great, but they are so damned unpredictable.
The progress of the world is the history of men who would not permit defeat to speak the final word. The mind of man is capable of anything - because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future. Humor is just another defense against the universe. Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.