Taste is to literature what bon ton is in society.

Goethe has made a remark upon the perfectability of the human mind, which is full of sagacity: It is always advancing, but in a spiral line.

Love is the symbol of eternity.

Enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.'

Prayer is the life of the soul.

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.

As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

If you want something bad enough, then do something about it!

I think the grotesque can inspire intimacy (it draws us in) as well as awe, like the cabinets of curiosities.

The real deal is always going to win in the end.

There are jobs, money and survival in renewable energy. Our only safe future is sun power

One of the reasons for putting yourself on the line, is that life is not simply treading water... I always felt that once you reach a certain point, you have to try and move ahead.

Logic sometimes makes monsters. For half a century we have seen a mass of bizarre functions which appear to be forced to resemble as little as possible honest functions which serve some purpose.

By working and living in New York, you are breathing Western civilization, continuously reminded of its benefits and its values.

I don't really deeply feel that anyone needs an airtight reason for quoting from the works of writers he loves, but it's always nice, I'll grant you, if he has one.

You can't not like "The Great Gatsby." It's got the best sentences in, like, ever.

This wonder (as wonders last) lasted nine daies.