All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.

One man's "magic" is another man's engineering. "Supernatural" is a null word.

Thy neck is a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out of his belly, contending with the strange rapacity of savage life, the lower stage of creation, he cannot make the effort any more.

This living in a democracy is a problem, isn't it?

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends.

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv'n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?

Servant of God, well done, well hast thou fought The better fight.

Any one can count the seeds in an apple.. Only God can count the apples in a seed.

Penetration seems a kind of inspiration; it gives me an idea of prophecy.

No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted.

We are anxious when there is a dissonance between our "knowledge" and the perceivable facts. Since our "knowledge" is not to be doubted or questioned, it is the facts that have to be altered...

True friendship is a plant of slow grow, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

People have been known to achieve more as a result of working with others than against them.

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.

A problem clearly stated is a problem half solved.