All faith is false, all faith is true. Truth is the shattered mirror strown in myriad bits, while each believes his little bit the whole to own.

Broke is a temporary condition, poor is a state of mind.

Of the gladdest moments in human life...is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands.

Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause. He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws.

The dearest ambition of a slave is not liberty, but to have a slave of his own.

Cease, man, to mourn, to weep, to wail; Enjoy thy shining hour of sun; We dance along Death's icy brink, But is the dance less full of fun?

One cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.

All so-called revealed religions consist mainly of three portions, a cosmogony more or less mythical, a history more or less falsified, and a moral code more or less pure.

Home is where the books are

Conquer thyself, till thou has done this, thou art but a slave; for it is almost as well to be subjected to another's appetite as to thine own.

The Now, that indivisible point which studs the length of infinite line Whose ends are nowhere, is thine all , the puny all thou callest thine.

Joblessness is a blessing

Our self- development is all about conquering and recreating ourselves

Today is not the end but today is a new beginning.

I want to be split open and reminded of shame.

By staying neutral, I end up being somebody that everybody can trust. Even if they don't always agree with my decisions, they know I'm not working against them.

I'm not so much against the war as I am for a Vietnamese victory. I'm not so much for peace as for a U.S. defeat.

Quart of whiskey a day for months working hard on a long poem. Wife hiding bottles, myself hiding bottles. Murderous and suicidal. Many hospitalizations, many alibis.

Girls under the age of fourteen are the most frightening creatures I have ever come across. - Jonah Griggs

I can honestly say that I'm not a person who thinks about awards, as much I think about the work itself.

You are anxious before every game because you had to win it. If you didn't you went down the ladder. I felt proud of the way we beat some teams in tough games.