Goodness transcends badness.
The demands that a great man makes are on himself; those of a petty man are upon others.
He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.
The main object of conciliation lies in reaching a solution to a case based upon morals and with a warm heart.
Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Remembering bred its own peculiar sorrow. It seemed so unfair: that time should render both sadness and happiness into a source of pain.
I guess you have to be a little arrogant to be a writer. I decided early on that just because a lot of other writers were bothered by getting bad reviews didn't really mean that the things were particularly important. By the same token, the good ones didn't mean all that much either. So I just forget about reviews and I wrote what I wanted.
Know and believe in yourself and what others think won't disturb you.
The letter from Dan Gilbert, the booing of the Cleveland fans, the jerseys being burned -- seeing all that was hard for them. My emotions were more mixed. It was easy to say, 'OK, I don't want to deal with these people ever again. ' But then you think about the other side. What if I were a kid who looked up to an athlete, and that athlete made me want to do better in my own life, and then he left? How would I react? I've met with Dan, face-to-face, man-to-man. We've talked it out. Everybody makes mistakes. I've made mistakes as well. Who am I to hold a grudge?