If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.

One might have said that reason made him flee from reason.

Ne dites pas trop de mal de vous-meme: on vous croirait. - Don't talk too badly of yourself: they ight believe you.

The tallest trees sometimes grow from the smallest seeds.

Don't look my appearance, my lookMy Soul has a beautiful Grave

A single thought, he considered, could do all sorts of harm. Harm to what, he wasn't sure, but he identified it as harm.

The closer one gets to the top the more one finds there is no "top."

Nixon has enough to overcome in terms of his legacy and his political history. Now he has to overcome the in-fighting between his daughters. It's so sad. There's another obstacle for him to clear.

Learning has always been made much of, but forgetting has always been deprecated; therefore pedantry has pretty well established itself throughout the modern world at the expense of culture.

Well, I wouldn't want to say that I started it (rock 'n' roll), but I don't remember anyone else before me playing that kind of stuff.

Unless the work of art has wholly exhausted its makers attention, it fails. This is why works of great significance are demanding and why they are infinitely rewarding.

An impressively researched and documented collection of the finest thought produced by writers throughout the African Diaspora. A magnificent achievement.

Knowing your own ignorance is the first step to enlightenment.