Loveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven't got even that much, however loveless and boring--this is one of the harshest human miseries.

The joy of writing.The power of preserving.Revenge of a mortal hand.

I'm old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised.

We live longerbut less preciselyand in shorter sentences.

When I pronounce the word Future, the first syllable already belongs to the past.When I pronounce the word Silence, I destroy it.

My choices are rejections, since there is no other way, but what I reject is more numerous, denser, more demanding than before.A little poem, a sigh, at the cost of indescribable loss.

Memories come to mind like excavated statuesthat have misplaced their heads.

a stone / which in its own archaic, simpleminded way / sees life as a chain of failed attempts.

No one feels good at four in the morning.If ants feel good at four in the morning—three cheers for the ants.

The infinite bears no definition

There's nothing more beautiful than watching trees getting dressed up for Spring and Summer

Those who are truly beautiful go out of their way to make life beautiful for others.

Mastery is not something that strikes in an instant, like a thunderbolt, but a gathering power that moves steadily through time, like weather.

I have a great wife and it's very easy to be romantic because it makes her happy and then my life is so much better when she's happy.

I dare you to take a little pain. I dare you!

The greatest vicissitude of things amongst men, is the vicissitude of sects and religions.

When you don’t have much, having less isn’t so bad.

The world does not need a better definition of issues, or better planning or project management. It needs the issues and the plans to have more of an impact, which is the promise of engagement.

I think a lot of people think because I was getting the divorce, that was really the catalyst for gaining so much weight.