Love sees clearly, and seeing, loves on. But infatuation is blind; when it gains sight, it dies.

The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people.

Peace is not a passive but an active condition, not a negation but an affirmation.

People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut.

Love is like the measles, all the worse when it comes late.

having considerable mind, changing it became almost as ponderous an operation as moving a barn, although not nearly so stable.

I had a vision ... of being found on the pavement by some passerby, with a small punctuation mark ending my sentence of life.

Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective!

when knowledge comes in at the door, fear and superstition fly out of the window.

The mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.

Conflict is the very essence of life.

You lied to me, ” she said. “I omitted information.” He paused. “Which may be just as deplorable.

Decide that you know what you think is good for you and go ahead and do it.

Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.

I'd always wanted to grow my hair out. And now looking back on those photos I understand why I probably shouldn't have.

[Science is] the labor and handicraft of the mind.

Do you know that cats can't wear corsets? They can't stand! Not at all! They just fall over. I know because I tried!

Singing is as much the language of holy joy as praying is of holy desire.

For every "Drive Safely" sign, shouldn't there be a "Resume Normal Driving" sign?

You are so used to the support of concepts that when your concepts leave you, although it is your true state, you get frightened and try to cling to them again.

A few years back, this guy [Barack Obama] would be serving us coffee.