I had rather stand the shock of a basilisk than the fury of a merciless pen.

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike.

Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

Light is the shadow of God.

What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture.

There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read may read our natures.

All the wonders you seek are within yourself.

There is musick, even in the beauty and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument.

Think it more satisfactory to live richly than die rich.

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.

Not only must we be good but we must also be good for something.

Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.

Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought.

I am working as public relations director for the Tour de France and maintaining my farm.

In loving memory from the Family.

Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.

Holiness has never been the driving force of the majority. It is, however, mandatory for anyone who wants to enter the kingdom.

IKEA is not completely perfect. It irritates me to hear it said that IKEA is the best company in the world. We are going the right way to becoming it but we are not there yet.

Religion is a bridge to the spiritual, but the spiritual lies beyond religion.

If you look at successful pivots, they almost always are a pivot into something that the founder wanted. Not a random made up idea.