I have patience in all things - as far as the antechamber.

Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.

Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.

It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that date back to the Pharaohs.

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.

A man is a critic when he cannot be an artist, in the same way that a man becomes an informer when he cannot be a soldier.

I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony.

There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

Spiritual Practice involves being constantly aware

If you've ever had a brush with cancer, you're always thinking a pain might be something serious.

Climbing is unadulterated hard labor. The only real pleasure is the satisfaction of going where no man has been before and where few can follow.

What really fueled me, and maybe infuriated me, is that nobody believed in me. Nobody. I don't even think I believe in myself.

It's all Trump all day long [on CNN]. That's why their ratings are through the roof.

The splendid discontent of God With chaos made the world. And from the discontent of man The worlds best progress springs.

Quantum science suggests the existence of many possible futures for each moment of our lives. Each future lies in a state of rest until it is awakened by choices made in the present.

My illness is excruciating and difficult to cope with. It takes over your entire life and causes more suffering than I can describe.

Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.

Every morning I take out my bankbook, stare at it, shudder - and turn quickly to my typewriter.