And this you can know- fear the time when Manself will not suffer and die for a concept, for this one quality is man, distinctive in the universe.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.

The blurring of fact and fiction has great commercial potential, which is bound to be corrupting in historical terms.

Preach the Gospel with your life — without compromise!

It's hard to think that say Shakespeare could have written "The Tempest" when he was young. It seems to be reflective work or retrospective work.

Why do we hide all the bullshit? Life is life. Why hide it?

If you don't write your books, nobody else will do it for you. No one else has lived your life.

Sunshine Cake is just a fun hobby thing. That's about it.

If you start with nothing and end up with nothing, there's nothing lost.

I was in a cult for thirty-four years. Everyone else could see it. I don’t know why I couldn’t.

Some fell by laudanum, and some by steel, and death in ambush lay in every pill.