I had a vision ... of being found on the pavement by some passerby, with a small punctuation mark ending my sentence of life.

The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people.

Peace is not a passive but an active condition, not a negation but an affirmation.

People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut.

Love is like the measles, all the worse when it comes late.

having considerable mind, changing it became almost as ponderous an operation as moving a barn, although not nearly so stable.

Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective!

when knowledge comes in at the door, fear and superstition fly out of the window.

The mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.

Conflict is the very essence of life.

It's money that brings trouble. It always has and it always will.

Kids can be harsh, especially when they get jealous.

Your closest and your most dedicated fans will be your ultimate test. They will test you.

We are the ghosts of the singing furies .

In this there are no options, just response, awareness responding to knowing. All the way in and all the way out. This isn’t of the earth - this is of the everything.

The state or global forms of power that seek to protect populations considered in danger may well extend their own power through those acts of protection.

The big thing about writing is three commands: Have fun. Don't think. Don't care.

To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference, it's detachment.

What comes up is not nearly as important as how you relate to what comes up.

I've gotten crankier in my old age.

Self-interest, be it enlightened, works indirectly for the public good.