Art has no end but its own perfection.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire emotion and knowledge.

Science is nothing but perception.

Reality is created by the mind. We can change our reality by changing our mind.

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

Why, after all, should readers never be harrowed? Surely there is enough happiness in life without having to go to books for it.

(World War I) was the most colossal, murderous, mismanaged butchery that has ever taken place on earth. Any writer who said otherwise lied, So the writers either wrote propaganda, shut up, or fought.

Being a woman has only bothered me in climbing trees.

It is said that the compensation for the effort courage, tenacity, and endurance displayed during the journey was not happiness. Nor glory. What God offered as a reward was only rest.

A work of art doesn't dare you to realize it. It germinates and gestates by itself.

But trust me, if I lived in the '80s, I would definitely be the one going to the record stores.

The future's comin' at ya' like a freight train.

I'm very fortunate, and I know that.

I shall weave a suit of leaves. At once. With acorns for buttons.

Modesty and diffidence make a man unfit for public affairs; they also make him unfit for brothels.