What man can imagine he may one day achieve.

Malicious gossip takes the place of creation in non-creative lives.

We might likewise say that humans are the neurotics of the animal world, in that they are the only animals who must choose to be instead of just instinctively being.

The dark has to be contained in the light or the light will be contained in the dark.

Many an author will speak of writing, in his best work, more than he actually knows.

If civilization ever achieves a higher standard of what constitutes normality, it will have been the neurotic who led the way.

Never give away your work. People don’t value what they don’t have to pay for.

imagination is new reality in the process of being created. It represents the part of the existing order that can still grow.

The more specific you are, the more universal you are.

In order to go anywhere it is necessary to be where one is.

The dead hand of research lies heavy on too many novels.

Progress means advancement in the path of upliftment – in the path of enlightenment – in the path of humanitarian glory.

We are capable of performing the task.

If people cannot limit government they will not for long be free.

You may feel powerless as a child, but the world will one day be yours. And you're responsible for it. So, seize the day and take charge of it.

America! America! God shed His grace on thee.

Without armaments peace cannot be kept; wars are waged not only to repel injustice but also to establish a firm peace.

I think back, when I saw The Great Gatsby, the film, my grandfather probably helped supply all the alcohol to all these Southampton parties, back then.

People have no idea what one saint can do: for sanctity is stronger than the whole of hell.