Most religions do not make men better, only warier.

The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.

People love as self-recognition what they hate as an accusation.

Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you.

All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.

There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth.

Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune?

His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into constellations.

When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about

The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation.

Explain nothing. Put it there. Say it. Leave.

We are all living history, and it’s hard to say now what will be important in the future. One thing’s certain, though: if we throw it away, it’s gone.

I curled closer to May, comforted by her warmth.

I live in words. I like looking at things, but I don't have a strong visual imagination.

How you behave in one place, will help in surprising ways later.

If you have ever been called defiant, incorrigible, forward, cunning, insurgent, unruly, rebellious, you're on the right track.

Bodies come and go, ages come and go, yugas come and go, eternities come and go. Selves come and go.

Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions.

My children needed me, and I like my job as a social worker.

Wisdom begins with sacrifice of immediate pleasures for long-range purposes.

Guard the portals of your mind.