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To be what no one ever was, to be what everyone has been: Freedom is the mean of those extremes that fence all effort in.

The man who will follow precedent, but never create one, is merely an obvious example of the routineer. You find him desperately numerous in the civil service, in the official bureaus. To him government is something given as unconditionally, as absolutely as ocean or hill. He goes on winding the tape that he finds. His imagination has rarely extricated itself from under the administrative machine to gain any sense of what a human, temporary contraption the whole affair is. What he thinks is the heavens above him is nothing but the roof.

Its the little things that matter, that add up in the end, with the priceless thrilling magic found only in a friend.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.

A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your mirror.

Bluntness is a virtue.

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

To linger in the observation of things other than the self implies a profound conviction of their worth. - My Friends the Senses.

Nature does not loathe virtue: it is unaware of its existence. - A Letter to Myself.

I am imagination. I can see what the eyes cannot see. I can hear what the ears cannot hear. I can feel what the heart cannot feel.

What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'.

Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do.

Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.

To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is.

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.

You are only as wise as others perceive you to be.

Bias and impartiality is in the eye of the beholder.

There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.