He who sees only what is before his eyes sees the worst part of every view.

Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service.

The division between faith and reason is a half-measure, till it is frankly admitted that faith has to do with fiction, and reason with fact.

The only way in which one human being can properly attempt to influence another is by encouraging him to think for himself, instead of endeavoring to instill ready-made opinions into his head.

The poet should touch our heart by showing his own

Walking is the natural recreation for a man who desires not absolutely to suppress his intellect but to turn it out to play for a season.

Chance is a name for our ignorance.

I believe that the ascent of mountains forms an essential chapter in the complete duty of man, and that it is wrong to leave any district without setting foot on its highest peak.

The truth cannot be asserted without denouncing the falsehood.

If you wish at once to do nothing and be respectable nowadays, the best pretext is to be at work on some profound study.

Poe is a kind of Hawthorne and delirium tremens.

I'm done waiting for someone, even my father, to save me. Today I'm the one who will be doing the saving.

All progress is based upon the universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

Vengeance is not the point: change is.

Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.

In later years, during what might be called my gray-outs — when I was conscious but not myself — I craved foods that were almost always fattening.

Not much more can happen to you after you lose your reputation and your wife.

Anyone who comes into your life, under any circumstances, has something to teach you.

When a big tree falls, the ground shakes

I'm not turned away from the church through anger, although I have criticisms of it. It's through finding affirmation of life and illumination of life through creativity and art.

Let thy words be few when in the midst of many.