It was a crushing defeat, but it put iron in my backbone and sulphur in my blood. I knew at least what it was to fail. I knew what it was to attempt something big.

I had a microscopic eye for the blemish, for the grain of ugliness which to me constituted the sole beauty of the object.

Every time you come to the limit of what is demanded of you, you are faced with the same problem-to be yourself!

You don't need to be in the light to be a beacon of beauty.For Marta

he [Llewelyn Powys] has always in mind the great touchstone Death & consequently life is always judged as how far it fits us, or compensates us, for ultimately dying.

For forms of government, let fools contest; Whate'er is best administered, is best.

I think the problem with the arts in America is how unimportant it seems to be in our educational system.

Entanglement is not one but rather the characteristic trait of quantum mechanics.

You draw the mystical kundalini from the earth. Earth is an element. Fire, air, earth, water, and ether - the mystical kundalini comes through them all.

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

I hate Billings, Montana. They have a fashion show at Sears Roebuck

Decide that you're going to love the people around you, even those you don't particularly like - or perhaps especially those you don't like.

The less people know about what is really going on, the easier it is to wield power and authority.