I don't think anybody who carries a rifle carries the future. Because I don't believe that you can really change the world by killing and shooting. You have the change it by creating and competing.
Leave no stone unturned.
Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure in the end. All is change; all yields its place and goes; to persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.
The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.
God in heaven has dominion Over so many events. He can frustrate what seems inevitable, And bring to pass the thing that you least expect.
The wisest men follow their own direction.
One thing I will commit to the people of Ohio is, when I'm a U. S. senator and there's issues being debated in Washington, when I'm a U. S. senator they'll know exactly what my position is.
A novel is written not to be judged, but experienced.
I have no doubt that 'On the Road' is a Great American Novel. But I'm also certain my students will do fine without it.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage money.