He read as much as his curiosity demanded - which is to say all

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

There was no arguing with a man's faith in the legends of his childhood.

Love is the only prayer I know.

We can bring into being, the things we dream. So much of what we are is, limited or expanded by, what we think.

Don't wait for life to happen

If extravagance were a fault, it would not have a place in the festivals of the gods.

We see the beauty within and cannot say no.

A son could bear with great complacency, the death of his father, while the loss of his inheritance might drive him to despair.

[A pariah is] something like a martyr with more suffering and less class.

A plaintiff who comes into a Court of justice must show that he is in a condition to maintain his action.

Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.