One is always wrong to open a conversation with the devil, for, however he goes about it, he always insists upon having the last word.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives

Far too much horrific wast of human capacity is disguised as order, predictability, and minimizing uncertainty.

If I let her in I'm doomed. It's like inviting a vampire into your house. Once you've invite them in, that's it, you're good as dead!

There is a beauty and clarity that comes from simplicity that we sometimes do not appreciate in our thirst for intricate solutions.

It's not the sea that drowns you-it's the puddle.

The imagination enlarges little objects so as to fill our souls with a fantastic estimate; and, with rash insolence, it belittles the great to its own measure, as when talking of God.

Neither the intensity of your feelings nor the certainty of your convictions is any assurance that you are right.

It is better that the law should be certain than that every judge should speculate upon improvements in it.

I grew up years ago doing something that unfortunately doesn't hardly exist any more, a medium called Radio.

For gold the hireling judge distorts the laws.