Too great a sense of identity makes a man feel he can do no wrong. And too little does the same.

A man is whole only when he takes into account his shadow.

I am not a critic; to me criticism is so often nothing more than the eye garrulously denouncing the shape of the peephole that gives access to hidden treasure.

Time is a great conference planning our end, and youth is only the past putting a leg forward.

I talk too much because I have been made so miserable by what you are keeping hushed.

The unendurable is the beginning of the curve of joy.

The priceless galaxy of misinformation called the mind.

Our bones ache only while the flesh is on them.

New York is the meeting place of the peoples, the only city where you can hardly find a typical American.

The heart of the jealous knows the best and most satisfying love, that of the other's bed, where the rival perfects the lover's imperfections.

I have been loved,' she said, 'by something strange, and it has forgotten me.

The wind is the moon's imagination wandering.

It would be either a very skilled or very unwise man to steal from an assassin.” - Taliesin

Begrudging others leads to disharmony. Without harmony there can be no happiness. Therefore, let go of grudges and restore harmony. In a harmonious world, happiness is possible.

And will I like being called a jazz-baby? You will love it.

I was reared in a Jehovah's Witness household. I was taught that every man should be judged by his deeds and not his color, and I firmly stand where my grandmother left me.

The main questions of everyday life are too enormous to answer in any definitive sense.

We are the species that clamors to be lied to.

I wanted to go home and if Hell rose up to stop me, it would make me desire it more.

Those who practice philosophy in the right way are in training for dying and they fear death least of all men.

Even if everything else is downplayed, I'll wear good shoes.