Accordingly, the poet should prefer probable impossibilities to improbable possibilities. The tragic plot must not be composed of irrational parts.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

The Universe is a big ship and its captain is the Laws of Physics! The bad news is that there seems to be no safe harbour to dock and no lifeboats if we sink!

Justice is an affectation of perspective, not a universal value.

[T]o really try to be informed and literate today is to feel stupid nearly all the time, and to need help.

Fear and confession for the fear ofunknown, business mind to fulfill greeds and unsatisfaction, limitedknowledge makes the religion

All writers behave badly. All people behave badly.

I feel very strongly in my opinion that everyone is responsible to themselves for what they do.

A Canadian is someone who keeps asking the question, 'What is a Canadian?

Even though the means of production are more available than ever, I think the true expertise is as rare as ever.

With all the clever brains in America it would be great to see more investment and focus on this essential research!

You need intelligence, and you need to look. You need a gaze, a wide gaze, penetrating and roving - thats what's useful for art.