Et tu, Brute?--Then fall Caesar.

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give. -Eleanor Roosevelt.

We often fear being rejected so very much that we reject ourselves first before anyone else has the chance.

When watching men of power in action it must be always kept in mind that, whether they know it or not, their main purpose is the elimination or neutralization of the independent individual- the independent voter, consumer, worker, owner, thinker- and that every device they employ aims at turning men into a manipulable "animated instrument" which is Aristotle's definition of a slave.

As innocent as a new-laid egg.

The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.

An error doesn't become a mistake until you choose to ignore it.

Old father antic the law. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 2.

The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. But not in that order.

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.

A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual, and only the individual reader is important to me.

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

There are truths that are not for all men, nor for all times.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm

Every wish Is like a prayer--with God.

A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.

Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.

Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.