The first great requisite is absolute sincerity. Falsehood and disguise are miseries and misery-makers.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

In the winter of 2012, as my fiftieth birthday approached, I began to write what turned into my autobiography, a look at my own life through the lens of food.

Sanity - a trick of agreement

When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.

That which makes us go so far for love is that we never think that we might have need of anything besides that which we love.

I'm not a vegetarian but I want you to know that my four dogs are safe.

To give awkwardly is churlishness. The most difficult part is to give, then why not add a smile?

One of [ways being lucky] was to go to school during the Great Depression because teaching became a plum job.

The key to solving the social problems of our age is to abolish the white race.

Sometimes the shadow stays next to the Light. Sometimes it disappears into the Light