There is this to be said for Dachsunds of such length and lowness as Nelly, that it makes very little difference to their appearance whether they stand, sit or lie.

Ever Tried. Ever Failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

There's never an end for the sea.

Don't look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.

The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.

If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not love.

If you don't know where you are currently standing, you're dead.

Nothing is more real than nothing.

You're on Earth. There's no cure for that.

I tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation.

Dear incomprehension, it's thanks to you I'll be myself, in the end.

Shyness is just egoism out of its depth.

If we fail to learn from our trials and errors then we truly fail.

As soon as you bring up money, I notice, conversation gets sociological, then political, then moral.

And just then he realized in a flash that men have only this sad knowledge with which to heal themselves: when you lose life, you grow wise. But that is better than maiming life to hold it.

The complaints of the privileged are too often confused with the voice of the masses.

A little wit and a great deal of ill-nature will furnish a man for satire; but the greatest instance of wit is to commend well.

Whatever I believe here and whatever you think I'm advocating, it's not because I care what happens to the Republican Party. I care about what happens to America!

All problems are people problems. And most people problems are people refusing to act like people.

Never let the mud puddle get lost in the poetry because, in many ways, the mud puddle is the poetry.

We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible.