He only profits from praise who values criticism.

If you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe.

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.

It must require an inordinate share of vanity and presumption, too, after enjoying so much that is good and beautiful on earth, to ask the Lord for immortality in addition to it all.

Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all.

Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion.

The deepest truth blooms only from the deepest love.

Money is the god of our time, and Rothschild is his prophet.

The swan, like the soul of the poet, By the dull world is ill understood.

Like a great poet, Nature produces the greatest results with the simplest means. These are simply a sun, trees, flowers, water and love.

Matrimony; the high sea for which no compass has yet been invented.

But death was her curse and her gift, and death had been her good friend these long, long years.

Play is just another version of work

An apprentice was unquestioningly loyal until the moment he wasn't. Both Master and apprentice knew this.

Do not accept whatever comes. Do not accept whatever goes. You have infinite power. Exercise your choice.

In knowing "what's best" for our patients, we tyrannize them with our good intentions. Behind our benevolent persona, our ruthless shadow is letting out the clutch.

The artist in our time has two chief responsibilities: (1) art; and (2) sedition.

People want transparency in government.

I am not able of hating. I am not able of hating.

Because of the wonderfully positive response to 'Life's That Way,' I am considering writing some more autobiographical stuff - maybe another book. I don't know. It doesn't help that I'm lazy.

The timely dew of sleep Now falling with soft slumb'rous weight inclines Our eyelids.