In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to read more

In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to win.

Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.

Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.

A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. [Luke 12:15].

A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. [Luke 12:15].

To have one's individuality completely ignored is like being pushed quite out of life--like being blown out as one blows read more

To have one's individuality completely ignored is like being pushed quite out of life--like being blown out as one blows out a light.

I'm comfortable being old... being black... being Jewish.

I'm comfortable being old... being black... being Jewish.

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of a great sculpture.

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of a great sculpture.

Indecision is debilitating; it feeds upon itself; it is, one might almost say, habit-forming. Not only that, but it is read more

Indecision is debilitating; it feeds upon itself; it is, one might almost say, habit-forming. Not only that, but it is contagious; it transmits itself to others.

Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.

Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.

Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.

Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.