Indifferent souls never part. Impassioned souls part, and return to one another, because they can do no better.

The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack

Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.

We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.

There is a transcendent power in example.

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

Silence is like nightfall. Objects are lost in it insensibly.

The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.

The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.

In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.

Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.

write with honesty and don't worry about the feelings of others, because no matter what you say, they'll hate you anyway.

Why shouldn't a mystical theology be possible? 'I want to touch God or become God, ' I declared in my journal. All through that year I abandoned myself intermittently to these deliriums.

The deeper you love, the deeper you can feel, and the deeper you will understand love.

Nothing is ever enough.

I almost forgot what it's like to be proud of my government.

I never noticed the stars before. I always thought of them as great big diamonds that belonged to some one. Now they frighten me. They make me feel that it was all a dream, all my youth.

When a kid plays football before he attends a class, something is wrong.

I like underdogs, I like anti-heroes - people that have a hard time overcoming things in life.

I write really well on the road.

The key to hitting for high average is to relax, concentrate, and don't hit the fly ball to center field.