You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

Writing speeches for the police brass gave me confidence that would later help me.

If you cant explain it simply, you dont understand it well enough.

Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.

I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.

“Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.”

The seeker after truth is the one who suspects his faith in the ancients and questions them.