The written word is the link between the past and the future.

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist since at least half of the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on with one's life as if it were interminable. I always admired Chekhov for building a new house when he was dying of tuberculosis.

A sad fact of life lately at the Museum of Modern Art is that when it comes to group shows of contemporary painting from the collection, the bar has been set pretty low.

Since women are better at producing babies, presumably Nature has given men some talent to compensate. But for the moment I can't think of it.

Some of my troubles are so familiar, I know them by their first names.

He lifted his arms to the crystaline, radiant sky. "I know myself," he cried, "but that is all.

It is the power of thought that gives man power over nature.

Blessed are they who translate every good thing they know into action - even higher truths shall be revealed to them.

With no mind, flowers lure the butterfly; With no mind, the butterfly visits the blossoms. Yet when flowers bloom, the butterfly comes; When the butterfly comes, the flowers bloom.