God! how is it that we fail to recognize that the mask of pleasure, stripped of all hypocrisy, is that of anguish?

A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.

It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.

The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.

Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air.

Hope is a risk that must be run.

Suicide only really frightens those who are never tempted by it and never will be, for its darkness only welcomes those who are predestined to it.

Faith is not a thing which one loses, we merely cease to shape our lives by it.

...the most dangerous shortsightedness consists in underestimating the mediocre.

You owe it to everyone you love to find pockets of tranquility in your busy world.

Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses.

Withstanding the cold develops vigor for the relaxing days of spring and summer. Besides, in this matter as in many others, it is evident that nature abhors a quitter.

A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all.

I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.

Civilization is a social plague on the planet, and vices are just as necessary to it as is a virus to disease.

Now is our time to change the world

Sleep, to the homeless thou art home; the friendless find in thee a friend

Getting paperwork under control makes me feel more in control of my life generally.

Grief had its own life, took its own sustenance.

As Americans, which I suffer from myself, we have ADD.

There's a snake hidden in the grass.