In this treacherous world Nothing is the truth nor a lie. Everything depends on the color Of the crystal through which one sees it

Light-enchanted sunflower, thou Who gazest ever true and tender On the sun's revolving splendour.

Restless sunflower; cease to move.

Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.

These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly, waking in the dawn of the morning, in the evening will be a pitiful frivolity, sleeping in the cold night's arms.

When love is not madness, it is not love.

What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough: for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams.

But whether it be dream or truth, to do well is what matters. If it be truth, for truth's sake. If not, then to gain friends for the time when we awaken.

For man's greatest crime is to have been born.

Speak no evil of women; I tell thee the meanest of them deserves respect; for of women do we not all come?

Even in dreams doing good is not wasted.

There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.

When I came out in the public about my struggles with alcohol and drugs, that's probably the most vulnerable I have ever been in my entire life.

Arbitrariness and true liberty are as distinct from each other that the empirical nature is distinct from the higher nature of man.

Writers serve as the memory of a people. They chew over our public past.

It's really inspiring to know that your publisher is so behind you. It makes you want to put forth your best work.

Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.

I want to thank my daughter, who told me, 'If you don't win, Dad, you're still good,' ... who taught me how to act.

The whole world of thought lay unexplored before me, - a world of which I had already caught large and tempting glimpses.

The beauty of self realization lies in secretly working out within you everything that is virtuous, that is beautiful, that is joyful.

Most of our country's serious problems can be laid at the feet of Congress and the White House and not at capitalism.