Russell Baker

"An honest man can be crushed by the dishonesty of the age in which he lives."

"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality."

"There is no greater gift than being truly listened to."

"The duty of the press is to irritate the comfortable and comfort the irritated."

"Talent alone is not enough; you must also have the discipline to develop it."

"The past is a foreign country; we cannot live there no matter how much we might wish to."

"Every life contains a multitude of contradictions, and that's what makes us human."

"Money is a poor substitute for happiness, though it does make a nice cushion."

"The great secret of success is learning from the mistakes of others."

"To be young is to believe that the world can be changed by force of will."

"The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago; the second best time is now."

"Authenticity is the rarest commodity in modern life."

"Love is not about finding the perfect person; it's about seeing the good in an imperfect one."

"We become cynical not from experience, but from the misreporting of experience."

"The journalist who never changes his mind is either a saint or a fool."

"What a person thinks about when they have nothing to think about reveals their character."

"The goal of education should be to teach people how to think, not what to think."

"We fear change because we fear the unknown, not because change is inherently bad."

"The comfort of the familiar is often the prison of the possible."

"A well-placed comma can change the meaning of a sentence and alter the course of history."

"Society is held together by gossip and duct tape in equal measure."

"The test of maturity is not how much you know, but how much you've learned to let go of."

"To live without humor is to live without hope."

"The greatest thing any parent can do is teach their children to question authority."

"Political power is the art of convincing people that your lies are more plausible than theirs."

"We are all works in progress, and the day we think we're finished is the day we stop growing."

"The price of security is freedom, and it's a price that becomes more expensive every year."

"A good editor is someone who loves the writer's work more than the writer does."

"The greatest barriers to understanding are not ignorance but false knowledge."

"We measure our lives in moments, but we live them in routine."