Not easily may an individual escape the deep slavery of the herd.

The wise are silent, the foolish speak, and the children are thus led astray, for wisdom is not knowledge, it is a realization of the scheme and of one's own part in it.

My imagination requires a judicious rein; I am afraid to let it loose, for it carries me sometimes into appalling places beyond the stars and beneath the world.

Ritual is the passage way of the soul into the Infinite.

Time is measured by the quality and not the quanity of sensations it contains.

I searched everywhere for a proof of reality, when all the while I understood quite well that the standard of reality had changed

But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave pictures that persist the good are ever too luke-warm.

The best match in the world will not light a candle unless the wick be first suitably prepared.

No place worth knowing yields itself at sight, and those the least inviting on first view may leave the most haunting pictures upon the walls of memory.

The dark side of life, and the horror of it, belonged to a world that lay remote from his own select little atmosphere of books and dreamings.

No man can describe to another convincingly wherein lies the magic of the woman who ensnares him.

Here they have no time for the fine gracesof poetry, unless it freely growsin deep compulsion, like water in the well, woven into the texture of the soilin a strong pattern.

They can't expect anyone to actually pay for a shirt that says, 'I (picture of an elephant) the San Diego Zoo.' What does that even mean?

Motivated authors sacrifice TV time, sleep, hobbies, and even family time.

Without differentiation you have no brand

I don't know any member of Congress who ever said, 'I'm satisfied with the communication that we have from the White House.'

I found out I was pregnant seven days after my wedding. I was on honeymoon with my family.

Realism is more important than the sentiment of the picture.

Be of the disciples of Aaron, loving peace and pursuing peace, loving your fellow creatures and drawing them near to the Law.

She was plump, with dyed red hair and a face so caked with cosmetics that the floor of the Amazon jungle probably saw more natural light.

I had a world, and it slipped away from me. The War blew up more than the bodies of men....It blew ideas away.