And I'm convinced that knowing the names of things braces people up.

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.

Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.

I am a phoenix who runs after arsonists.

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

It was the literary equivalent of a brown paper bag.

You can't feel the essence of Happiness unless you overcome your Sadness.

I've got nothing against records - I've spent my life making them - but they are a kind of historical blip.

It is done to you as you believe.

It is no longer a question anywhere of inventing interconnections from out of our brains, but of discovering them in the facts.

I believe that if you want to go make your mark on the world you've got to go out and do it. Don't be shy, be adventurous.

We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second.

Life was a fool's errand, carrying news to the worms.

Always as a musician you must have one thing you do well.

With every word unspoken each moment comes undone.