The man who has not the habit of reading is imprisoned in his immediate world.

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.

Happiness has always seemed like a bluebird, and consists of moments.

A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.

Neckties strangle clear thinking.

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.

There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence.

I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking.

And I suppose you know who Magnus’ father is?” Luke said.“I paid a lot of money once to find it out, ” Raphael said.

One's duty is always and everywhere to be true to one's own experience.

Reject every negativity with positive response.

...decide for yourself what makes you truly happy and then organize your life around it. Write down your goals and make plans to achieve them.

Waterboarding ok if national security were at stake.

I like a cheese and pickle. Nice cheese and pickle on a real old-fashioned bread. Ploughman's lunch.

Saving a letter from an old friend doesn't exist anymore. Everything is texted or emailed.

Aquinas was once asked, with what compendium a man might become learned? He answered "By reading of one book.

Men never know how tired they are till their wives sit them down for a nice long talk.

Most things are born in the mothering darkness and most things die. Darkness is the womb of creation, my boy. But the sun with his seven horns of flame is the father of life.