America and Americans always rise to the occasion. If we say we are going to stamp out hunger, I believe we will.
Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
Everybody needs one essential friend.
To focus on discipline is to ignore the real problem: We will never be able to get students (or anyone else) to be in good order if, day after day, we try to force them to do what they do not find satisfying.
To be depressed or neurotic is passive. It happened to us; we are its victim, and we have no control over it.
Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, yes when we should say no.
In 1957, I decided: write or perish.
A lot of times I blend in a little bit easier because I'm not like a basketball player who's going to stand out because of his height.
It not only is a complete undermining of the principles of family and marriage and the hope of future generations, but it completely begins to see our society break down to the extent that that foundational unit of the family that is the hope of survival of this country is diminished to the extent that it literally is a threat to the nation's survival in the long run.
A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy.