Believe not much them that seem to despise riches, for they despise them that despair of them.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

I'm tired again this morning. Was I sleepwalking in your nightmares again last night?

When two Englishmen meet their first talk is of the weather.

I did exhibitions with the Surrealists (in Paris, in 1929) because their attitude revolted against 'art' and their attitude toward life itself was wise, as was Dada's.

Many things happened in the sixties, but the period is no more significant, better, or more 'political' than today. It's time to turn the page.

I think the main thing that has to end is men's defensiveness.

This was weird. The thing that could have driven two friends instantly apart was actually drawing them closer together.

Depression is something that makes you lose your sight.

Scenery without solace is meaningless.

An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.

If what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all