You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.

To good and true love fear is forever affixed.

We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

A habit does not a monk make.

Tell the truth and shame the devil.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.

If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror

Ignorance is the mother of all evils.

Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.

In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations!", May 10, 1886)

If I was going to spend the next day in jail for obstruction of justice, I'd better get a good nights sleep.

Love can be simply stated to be the desire of the human being to integrate oneself with other selves in such a way that one starts feeling the pain and pleasure of another person as if of one’s own.

It was never built for the comfort and happiness of its citizens, but to astonish the world.

The thought, 'I can't' is a lie. We use it to excuse ourselves from trying.

Give me a lead of 14-0 at halftime and I will dictate the final score.

I have to get at least 10 hours of sleep or it's not a good day!

On the Internet, inside information is currency, and there will always be counterfeiters among us.

It all ends in tears anyway.

I think that when people are at their best, when they are thinking, reflecting, cogitating, then they are doing philosophy. So I don't see philosophy as an academic enterprise.