It is only about things which concern us most profoundly that we lie clearly and with profound conviction.

The book trade invented literary prizes to stimulate sales, not to reward merit.

Americans need bullshit the way koala bears need eucalyptus leaves. They've become totally addicted to it. They get so much of it back home that they can't survive without it.

By means of our myths and legends we maintain a sense of what we are worth and who we are. Without them we should undoubtedly go mad.

The Lords of Chaos are the enemies of Logic, the jugglers of Truth, the molders of Beauty

Because I had sought to challenge Destiny, Destiny had taken vengeance.

Destiny's Champion, Fate's fool. Eternity's Soldier, Time's Tool.

I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I'd rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas.

It is almost impossible to have a baseless snobbish opinion of the General Theory of Relativity.

Treasures are not won by care and forethought but by swift slaying and reckless attack.

The subtlest lie of all is the full truth.

Baxter knows a lot more than I do, I told her.Yes, said Baxter, but I will never tell people all of it.

Quite often you look for answers and strength in friends (supposed 2b) around you, without realizing All the true strength and honest answers come from within!!!

Plant in tears, harvest with joy.

When an individual is motivated by great and powerful convictions of truth, then he disciplines himself, not because of the demands of the church, but because of the knowledge within his heart

With him for a sire and her for a dam What should I be but just what I am?

Our dearest hopes in pangs are born, The kingliest Kings are crown'd with thorn.

We hunger for nobility: the rare words and acts that harmonize simplicity and truth.

Ahimsa (non-killing), truthfulness, purity, mercy, and godliness are always to be kept.

The reason I haven't been writing in this book for so long is partly that I haven't had one decent coherent thought to put down.

Swift as shadow, short as any dream