One is unable to notice something because it is always before one's eyes.

When we can't think for ourselves, we can always quote

Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.

The real question of life after death isn't whether or not it exists, but even if it does what problem this really solves.

If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.

I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.

The limits of my language means the limits of my world.

The human body is the best picture of the human soul.

If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.

To convince someone of the truth, it is not enough to state it, but rather one must find the path from error to truth.

The problems are solved, not by giving new information, but by arranging what we have always known.

Empty words and long praises do not impress God. Show Him your faith by your deeds

Our marriage ended because I couldn’t make him see me or hear me or do anything I wanted or needed. I could only be as selfish and mean as he was to get his attention. And that was ruinous.

Since the age of fifteen poetry has been my ruling passion and I have never intentionally undertaken any task or performed any relationship that seemed inconsistent with poetic principles

There was a time when Men functioned through the mind and Women from their heart, now its Men who feel more and women think more...

He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.

So eager are our people to obliterate the present.

The Zen master walks in his garden, alone. There is no traffic there. There is no shopping there. There are only the flowers.

Love, yes. Word known to all men.

This time, it was more of a thought than a feeling, a soft heat that began at her mouth and unfurled through the rest of her.

Free speech is a bourgeois prejudice.