The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.

Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.

Life unexamined, is not worth living.

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

More men have become great through practice than by nature.

The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures. Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.

My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.

You're Valentine's son. I'm sure you're the one the Queen really wants to see. Besides, you're charming. Maybe not at the moment.

That which man doth, unaided by divine strength, God can never own. The mere fruits of the earth He casteth away

I'm conflicted about the lyric tattoo thing. I feel like that's a lifetime decision, and I always feel like, 'I hope you don't regret this a couple years from now when you get tired of that song.'

Natural science will in time incorporate into itself the science of man, just as the science of man will incorporate into itself natural science: there will be one science.

A man has to have sensibility, wit, mystery, tolerance, and strength... Romance also helps.

The kingdom of heaven is closer than the brow above the eye but mankind does not see it.

God made life, and God alone can tell us its meaning.

Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense, which very few have.

Green makes me think of silence, or maybe it's loneliness. I get the feeling of a terribly distant star.

I find a lot of writing happens when you're not actually at the computer. So I carry a notebook.