“We all make mistakes at some time in our lives, some more than others. It is only when the cost is counted in human lives that people really take notice.”

“There are moments in our lives when we all are kings of some place, some time. Some tomb.”

“Often it takes some calamity to make us live in the present. Then suddenly we wake up and see all the mistakes we have made.”

“We all make mistakes, some bigger than others, but none of us is perfect.”

“Living in the world as a cripple allows you to see more clearly the crippled hearts of some people whose bodies are whole and sound. All of us, from time to time, suffer this crippling. Some suffer it daily and nightly; and while most of us, nearly all of us, have compassion and love in our hearts, we cannot of will not see these barely visible wounds of other human beings, and so cannot or will not pick up the telephone or travel to someone’s house or write a note or make some other seemingly trifling gesture to give to someone what only we, and God, can give: an hour’s respite, or a day’s, or a night’s; and sometimes more than respite: sometimes joy.”

“Being human is difficult. Some people make it more difficult than others. I was one of those people.”

“I’m very lucky. I have terrific parents, but some kids have a really rotten time growing up and we should do all that we can to make their lives happier and more secure.”

“You can fool some of the people some of the time -- and that's enough to make a decent living.”

“Are all humans human? Or are some more human than others?”

“When we own up our mistakes some people interpret it as if we are wrong. They too commit mistakes.”