Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony.

I never found even in my juvenile hours that it was necessary to go a thousand miles in search of themes for moralizing.

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.

In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.

Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.

The Methodists love your big sinners, as proper subjects to work upon.

This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.

Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.

Who has begun has half done. Have the courage to be wise. Begin!

Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.

When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles.

When he was rough, my body soared. When he was gentle, he slayed me.

Actually oddly enough, I think my work, the activism, will be forgotten. And I hope it will. Because I hope those problems will have gone away.

No one knows the author of memoir so well like himself.

The most evident quality of human life is its loneliness.

I don't dictate particular styles of dress. I do teach classes in self discovery.

I don’t fear failure. I only fear the slowing up of the engine inside of me which is saying, ‘Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?

I think the balance is between what you can get, what you want and what wants you.

Take a saint, and put him into any condition, and he knows how to rejoice in the Lord.

Baseball isn't a business; it's more like a disease.

I had rather live with cheese and garlic in a windmill.