The many men, so beautiful! And they all dead did lie: And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on; and so did I.

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.

See how he cowers and sneaks, how vaguely all the day he fears, not being immortal nor divine, but the slave and prisoner of his own opinion of himself, a fame won by his own deeds.

Every social association that is not face-to-face is injurious to your health

If I were to draw on a paper what gym does for me, I would make one dot and then I would erase it.

Cruelty might be very human and very cultural, but it is not acceptable and it is not an option.

The only problem facing you in life is the belief in separation from your Source. Solve that one and all the other ones will vanish.

Sometimes I'm afraid to go to sleep because of what I'm leaving behind.

America is a great country. I've been in the south, in the center and in the north. I like it. Americans are very good people. There's just too much air-conditioning.

Being simple and complicated at the same is what makes Jay-Z so great.

To apologize for your personal absolutes, for what Sandy Pinter calls your “Core Attachments,” means apologizing for your very existence.

Your worm is your only emperor for diet; we fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots.