The folly of mistaking oneself for an oracle is built right into us.

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to.

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

Nothing beautiful can be summarized.

The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present in the inner structure of our intellect.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

Love is being stupid together.

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.

Let us enrich ourselves with our mutual differences.

You can't make yourself feel positive, but you can choose how to act, and if you choose right, it builds your confidence.

I have seen landscapes . . . which, under a particular light, make me feel that at any moment a giant might raise his head over the next ridge.

When I ran across America, for 75 days I ate 10,000 calories a day. I still lost about five pounds.

We are attracted to people who have traits we want in ourselves, and usually we are unattracted to people with traits that we share.

I want God to be first in my life, so I'm putting Him first in my life today.

The tears of the young who go their way, last a day; But the grief is long of the old who stay.

The nice thing about the fashion industry is that you're constantly working on something new.

Don't be cocky, 'Pride cometh before the fall

The renowned seventh-century Zen master Seng-tsan taught that true freedom is being "without anxiety about imperfection.

Some people who like dogs don't like cats, but I'm not like that.