Every action alters the soul of the doer.

Formerly no one was allowed to think freely; now it is permitted, but no one is capable of it any more. Now people want to think only what they are supposed to think, and this they consider freedom.

When the ordinary thought of a highly cultivated people begins to regard 'having children' as a question of pro's and con's, the great turning point has come.

Through money, democracy becomes its own destroyer, after money has destroyed intellect.

Fortunately, at the last hour, there were always a few soldiers to save Civilization.

Socialism is nothing but the capitalism of the lower classes.

What is truth? For the multitude, that which it continually reads and hears.

Optimism is cowardice.

Peace is a desire, war is a fact; and history has never paid heed to human desires and ideals.

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

I maintain that to-day many an inventor, many a diplomat, many a financier is a sounder philosopher than all those who practise the dull craft of experimental psychology.

As long as there is institutional inequality, hell, naw we can't all get along!

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

...I started to realize how many great things could happen by confronting the things that scare you most.

The chaos of their voices registers as a single, overwhelming force cutting off her ability to reason, and all she wants is to get as far away from people as possible.

Do your best but do what is heartfelt and right.

Elves don't shimmer

If your life means nothing to anyone, it does mean a lot to you and that’s what is important.

Jace hated it when other people were worried on his behalf. It made him feel like maybe there really was something to worry about.

I guess that would have been 1968. I was a freshman in college and I wasn't writing good poems, but I was at least trying to write poems then.

I'll be here tomorrow If I can make it through today.