It is never wise to turn aside from knowing, however the knowing comes.

The best way of forgetting how you think you feel is to concentrate on what you know you know.

The gods only go with you if you put yourself in their path. And that takes courage.

The mills of God work like lightning compared with the law.

I reached for sleep and drew it round me like a blanket muffling pain and thought together in the merciful dark

Every life has a death, and every light a shadow. Be content to stand in the light, and let the shadow fall where it will.

You never know how you'll turn out till you've been down to half a dollar and no prospects.

Where two Greeks are gathered together, there will be at least three political parties represented, and possibly more.

To plant a garden is the chief of the arts of peace.

I knew that I had turned my world back to cinders, sunk my lovely ship with my own stupid, wicked hands.

The place for truth is not in the facts of a novel; it is in the feelings.

Only the best thoughts is good enough to carry you throughout today's journey.

But it seems she’d wanted children after all, because when she was told she’d been accidentally sterilized she could feel all the light leaking out of her.

Be generous with yourtime and energy. The harderit is to give, the morethe other person deserves it.

One of my favorite quotes is:"... If I strike you it ain't going to be in your fancy.

The well of true wit is truth itself.

I think human beings make life beautiful. There's a lot of beauty in everything. I think what makes life beautiful is the ability to acknowledge that.

No one will ever win the battle of the sexes; there's too much fraternizing with the enemy.

Perhaps the world progresses not by maturing, but by being in a permanent state of adolescence, of thrilled discovery.

Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.

In matters of sentiment, the public has very crude ideas; and the most shocking fault of women is that they make the public the supreme judge of their lives.