And for a moment it seemed to me as if I also were buried in a vast grave full of unspeakable secrets.

He struggled with himself, too. I saw it -- I heard it. I saw the inconceivable mystery of a soul that knew no restraint, no faith, and no fear, yet struggling blindly with itself.

They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force--nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.

I let him run on, this papier-maché Mephistopheles, and it seemed to me that if I tried I could poke my forefinger through him, and would find nothing inside but a little loose dirt, maybe.

The mind of man is capable of anything.

In the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water, there she was, incomprehensible, firing into a continent.

I don't think a single one of them had any clear idea of time, as we at the end of countless ages have. They still belonged to the beginnings of time—

I remembered the old doctor, - "It would be interesting for science to watch the mental changes of individuals, on the spot." I felt I was becoming scientifically interesting.

He was there below me, and, upon my word, to look at him was as edifying as seeing a dog in a parody of breeches and a featherhat, walking on his hind legs.

There is a taint of death, a flavour of mortality in lies - which is exactly what I hate and detest in the world - what I want to forget.

It was not my strength that wanted nursing, it was my imagination that wanted soothing.

Even in the most uneventful of our lives, we are called upon to choose our battles...

The life of less, one bent on simplicity, and not needing or wanting anything other than what God has deemed good for you turns out to be all you could ever need or want.

When we turn, is there something shoved inside of us or is it more that something inside of us has been released?

A thought experiment courtesy of the Stoics. If you are tired of everything you possess, imagine that you have lost all these things.

Yes, but does Maine have anything to SAY to Florida?

You must have a clear mental picture of the correct thing before you can do it successfully.

I am sure that no man asks mercy and grace with true meaning, but if mercy and grace have first been given him.

You can ruin your life wanting to be an actor.

I'm a magician. I've learned to do some really cool tricks like levitating myself and melting forks.

I love it when the dark bottle of night spills out, and the Moon writes in chalk about us.