Each man deciphers from the ancient alphabets of nature only those secrets that his own deeps possess the power to endow with meaning.

If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.

When the human mind exists in the light of reason and no more than reason, we may say with absolute certainty that Man and all that made him will be in that instant gone.

It has been said repeatedly that one can never, try as he will, get around to the front of the universe. Man is destined to see only its far side, to realize nature only in retreat.

If it should turn out that we have mishandled our own lives as several civilizations before us have done, it seems a pity that we should involve the violet and the tree frog in our departure.

The great artist, whether he be musician, painter, or poet, is known for this absolute unexpectedness.

It is a commonplace of all religious thought, even the most primitive, that the man seeking visions and insight must go apart from his fellows and love for a time in the wilderness.

The journey is difficult, immense. We will travel as far as we can, but we cannot in one lifetime see all that we would like to see or to learn all that we hunger to know.

Each one of us is a statistical impossibility around which hover a million other lives that were never destined to be born.

We cannot pluck a flower witout disturbing a star.

It is frequently the tragedy of the great artist, as it is of the great scientist, that he frightens the ordinary man.

We obtained literature by our own efforts, it is a product of our own life, and that is why we love it so much and hold it so dear, why we pin our hopes on it.

The way to do is to be.

If my boyfriend finds me sexy, then I don't need that kind of male attention from anyone else.

What are we here for? Does the great metaphysical nut revolve around that? Well, I'll crack it for you, right now. What are we here for? We are here to go!

Every single element, even the most hair-raising, can be improved.

I don't really think of myself as an actor.

There are occasions when the general belief of the people, even though it be groundless, works its effect as sure as truth itself.

To be exact has naught to do with pedantry or dogma.

Speaking absolutely, humility excels virginity.

Taxes shouldn't be higher; they should be fairer. We must be a party that's disciplined. We must make tough choices.