Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom.

There is no way to penetrate the surface of life but by attacking it earnestly at a particular point.

A strange and somewhat impassive physiognomy is often, perhaps, an advantage to an orator, or leader of any sort, because it helps to fix the eye and fascinate the mind.

One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.

Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God.

An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.

The imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society.

As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it.

To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change.

Form the habit of making decisions when your spirit is fresh...to let dark moods lead is like choosing cowards to command armies.

The need to exert power, when thwarted in the open fields of life, is the more likely to assert itself in trifles.

I embrace new experiences every day. I revel in the fun adventures I create for myself and absorb their blissful gifts.

You listen to people, you listen so deeply that you can hear their past lives, The crackle of their funeral pyres,

Weakness is an irresistible lure.

News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising.

Love of money is the mother-city (metropolis) of all evils.

The moment you’ve uttered the exact dimensionality of your exile, you’re already turning towards home.

There's just some kind of men you have to shoot before you can say hidy to 'em. Even then, they ain't worth the bullet it takes to shoot 'em.

Alcoholism is the only disease that you can get yelled at for having.

Make a way, find a way or get out of the way.

I could eat gazpacho three times a day.