The actual God of many Americans... is simply the current of American life.

There is no way to penetrate the surface of life but by attacking it earnestly at a particular point.

A strange and somewhat impassive physiognomy is often, perhaps, an advantage to an orator, or leader of any sort, because it helps to fix the eye and fascinate the mind.

One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.

Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God.

An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.

The imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society.

As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it.

To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change.

Form the habit of making decisions when your spirit is fresh...to let dark moods lead is like choosing cowards to command armies.

Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom.

You are the creator of your world.

I believe in fatalism, the positive one.

YES and NO is just a word but it have big meanings inside it.

I had no name for that particular hue of orange, other than unfortunate.

Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.

The imagination is a muscle. If it is not exercised, it atrophies.

Christianity has nothing to offer a happy man living in a natural, intelligible universe.

I had hoped that the current presidential campaign debates might educate the public as to what is really involved in the ongoing controversy over campaign financing.

The very cave you are afraid to enter turns out to be the source of what you are looking for.

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