When We Become A Really Mature, Grown-up,

I Gained A Great Appreciation For What I Would Call The Collective Achievement Of The Country. I Began Thinking Of America As A Much More Just And Humane Place Than I Would Have Thought If I'd Been Covering The Civil Rights Struggle.

The Mississippi River Carries The Mud Of Thirty States And Two Provinces 2,000 Miles South To The Delta And Deposits 500 Million Tons Of It There Every Year. The Business Of The Mississippi, Which It Will Accomplish In Time, Is Methodically To Transport All Of Illinois To The Gulf Of Mexico.

I Think I'd Have Done Better If I Had Been A Little More Relaxed-if I Had Not Pressed Quite So Hard, If I'd Not Lost Quite So Much Sleep.

Look For Joy In Your Life; It's Not Always Easy To Find.

The Greatest Thing You Can Do In Life Is To Tell A Young Boy Or Girl That They're 'the Very Best' At Something - Baseball, Reading, Art. That Gives Them The Wonderful Feeling That They Can Do Anything, Which They Can!