In life's small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscle trained Know'st thou when Fate Thy measure takes or when she'll say to thee "I find thee worthy do this deed for me?"

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

Having money is a way of being free of money

There is no doubt that Einstein's pipe was his closest associate, while others--including wife and family--were never permitted the illusion that they would ever be at the center of his life.

We may seem fine, even when the pain remains right there beneath our surface.

We make a great bad guy, and they all say they hate us. But at the end of every day, people want to trust us. Because we're their government. And people trust their government.

Initiation means the Journey Inwards: nothing is changed or can be changed; but all is trulier understood with every step.

Bright as does the morning star appear, Out of the east with flaming locks bedight, To tell the dawning day is drawing near.

All passion becomes strength when it has an outlet.

There is no top. There are always further heights to reach.

I'm a novelist, so I can't write about ideas unless they're attached to people.

I'd rather die than let somebody get the better of me.