Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

The LORD GOD is a shelter from the heat.The LORD GOD is a refuge from the storm.

I may have mentioned patience wasn't one of my virtues. Actually, I didn't have many virtues but patience definitely wasn't one of them.

Walking is the favorite sport of the good and wise.

Still when I go on talk shows, I worry that I have to live up to a comedic persona.

Sometimes it's easier to see the madness in others---but we also have to see it in ourselves.

The best defense against propaganda: more propaganda.

Food like love is a deeply emotional matter.

Fashion is about today and tomorrow. Nobody cares how good you used to be

I DON'T smoke anymore, except on National No Smoking Day as a protest against those who want to control our lives.

Much time and money has gone into computer chess programs, and so far, no one's figured out how to crack the game, which I think speaks to chess's complexity.