If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

Ish #177 "You never know what you don't know, until you finally know it.

Don’t be a half-Christian. There are too many of such in the world. The world has a profound respect for people who are sincere in their faith.

Your future is your own again. And I consider that to be a happy ending to the story.

...sin is often the attempt to meet a legitimate need in an illegitimate way.

Is it right to probe so deeply into Nature's secrets? The question must here be raised whether it will benefit mankind, or whether the knowledge will be harmful.

In fact, in many ways my mother was quite hippy-dippy, serving macrobiotic food and reading 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.'

There was a little element of feeling like a cow.

By candle-light nobody would have taken you for above five-and-twenty.

God hid the whole world in thy heart.

I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above; those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love.