And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you"— here I opened wide the door; — Darkness there, and nothing more.

The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

There is no beauty without some strangeness

All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.

The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.

And so, being young and dipt in folly, I fell in love with melancholy.

I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

Do you believe in God, doctor?"No - but what does that really mean? I'm fumbling in the dark, struggling to make something out. But I've long ceased finding that original.

The will is the keystone in the arch of human achievement. It is the culmination of our complex mental faculties. It is the power that rules minds, men and nations.

The highest form of bliss is living with a certain degree of folly.

On the bookshelf of life, God is a useful work of reference, always at hand but seldom consulted.

When we get hung up on the non-essentials, the essentials have no opportunity to make a significant appearance.

The poverty line is like the age of consent: if you find yourself parsing exactly where it is, you’ve probably already done something very, very wrong.

what is life worth if one has nothing to give away? This lack, it seems to me, must be the sharpest pang of poverty.

Where there are millions upon millions of units of idle labour, it is no use thinking of labour-saving devices.

I don't ship anyone. I really don't. I'm not a shipper, but I'm all for men duking it out for a chick.

One of the pleasantest things in the world is going on a journey; but I like to go by myself.