Explanation is where the mind rests.

There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty.

All knowledge degenerates into probability.

It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause

I say the same thing about the death of James Wait. "Oh, well -- he wasn't going to write the Beethoven's Ninth Symphony anyway.

Man is a clothed animal

I think life is a wondrous thing. I'm happy to try pretty hard.

A lot of writing is a form of seeing - putting down what you see in terms of action and landscape.

I talk to myself everyone once in a while. Give myself very good advice. Sometimes I even take it.

Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered what I call the fact-founded, thought-through approach to decision making.

Kitsch lends itself to a definition in terms of a systematic attempt to fly from daily reality: in time and in space.

When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.

When you devote yourself to being an artist, you have to stay on your craft and always try to get better and better.

But nevertheless, the fact remained, it was almost impossible to dislike anyone if one looked at them.