36 quotes
American novelist (1926–2016)
“Atticus, he was real nice.""Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.”
"Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what."
on Courage
"I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks."
on Equality
"There’s something in our world that makes men lose their heads—they couldn’t be fair if they tried."
on Wisdom
"You never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them."
"Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what."
"Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience."
on Self Awareness
"The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience."
on Philosophy
"If we followed our feelings all the time we´d be like cats chasin´ their tails."
on Self Control
"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing."
on Love
"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read"
on Learning
"If we followed our feelings all the time, we'd be like cats chasin' their tails."
"Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing."
"So far nothing in your life has interfered with your reasoning process."
"Best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open."
"We're paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It's that simple."
on Trust
"Never, never, never, on cross-examination ask a witness a question you don't already know the answer to."
"Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird."
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view."
"I had never encountered a being who deliberately perpetuated fraud against himself."
"One must lie under certain circumstances and at all times when one can't do anything about them."
on Truth
