No place worth knowing yields itself at sight, and those the least inviting on first view may leave the most haunting pictures upon the walls of memory.

The wise are silent, the foolish speak, and the children are thus led astray, for wisdom is not knowledge, it is a realization of the scheme and of one's own part in it.

Not easily may an individual escape the deep slavery of the herd.

My imagination requires a judicious rein; I am afraid to let it loose, for it carries me sometimes into appalling places beyond the stars and beneath the world.

Ritual is the passage way of the soul into the Infinite.

Time is measured by the quality and not the quanity of sensations it contains.

I searched everywhere for a proof of reality, when all the while I understood quite well that the standard of reality had changed

But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave pictures that persist the good are ever too luke-warm.

The best match in the world will not light a candle unless the wick be first suitably prepared.

The dark side of life, and the horror of it, belonged to a world that lay remote from his own select little atmosphere of books and dreamings.

No man can describe to another convincingly wherein lies the magic of the woman who ensnares him.

Who am I? The great inquiry indeed.

Why don't you pass the gun around and give everyone a shot.

The liberation of Iraq was part of a broader effort to seriously confront the greatest threat to world security: rogue states capable of obtaining long range weapons of mass destruction.

A spirit of restlessness and resistance can never wait, but one who believes he is loved with an everlasting love, and knows that underneath are the everlasting arms, will find strength and peace.

Under the law, even the best failed. Under grace, even the worst can be saved!

I don't have to work, really, but I do enjoy working, and I do enjoy getting paid.

When you get knocked down you get knocked down in Round 1 of life, there's Round 2.

Poets find truth by writing about what they love.

The crux... is that the vast majority of the mass of the universe seems to be missing.

Certain aspects of my personality are always going to come out on-screen. I guess that's just me - if they say I'm quirky, I'm quirky. It's better than being boring.