I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.

The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in heaven.

If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans.

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.

The greatest general is he who strikes the hardest blow, at the right time, and in the right place.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.