But preserve your mistrust of the page, for a book is a fortress, a place of weeping, the key to a desert, a river that has no bridge, a garden of spears.

He leaned towards me, and I did what any reasonable person would do when facing imminent death by being eaten alive. I screamed.

The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

We moderns do not believe in demigods, but our smallest hero we expect to feel and act as a demigod.

I read books. Avidly, ardently! As if my life depended upon it.

If I could for a moment just inspire you to love yourself, that would be worth EVERYTHING

Between yea and nay, how much difference is there?

Under my plan, the state will be there to carry out the will of the people, not to dictate to them or to force them to do its will.

No God is needed, no heaven and hell are needed. All that is needed is a simple understanding that mind is the source of negativities.

Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our invention.