Bedtime Stories

We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

Courage is grace under pressure.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all.

In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.

You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.