'God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.'

"The best advice from my own era for you or for just about anybody anytime, I guess, is a prayer first used by alcoholics who hoped to never take a drink again: 'God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.' "


"Stop preparing for war and start dealing with your real problems."

"Teach your kids, and yourselves, too, while you're at it, how to inhabit a small planet without helping to kill it."

From Letters of Note: "Ladies and Gentleman of A. D. 2088" by Kurt Vonnegut

"Nothing good gets away."

"And don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens—The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away."

Letter of Note: Nothing good gets away

From a letter John Steinbeck wrote to his eldest son, Thom, who asked for his advice on love and life. November 10, 1958.