The problem for a Paracelsian physician like me is that I see diseases as disguises in which people present me with their wretchedness.

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

I cannot imagine any boy of spirit who would not be delighted to play a drunkard even to vomiting in front of his Sunday school. Indeed, the vomiting might be the chief attraction of the role.

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past.

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.

A man must be obedient to the promptings of his innermost heart.

Art is wine and experience is the brandy we distill from it.

Conversation in its true meaning isn't all wagging the tongue; sometimes it is a deeply shared silence.

The dog is a yes-animal. Very popular with people who can't afford a yes man.

The world I held so closely, she played me like a game, I released and left her laughing to stand on my own two feet.

What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten huddling in the shelter of your clasp.

Adversity precedes spiritual rebirth.

I didn't write the rules, why should i follow them?

My work stops at publication. If the books don't contain in themselves their reasons for being - questions and answers - it means I was wrong to have them published.

We already live in a Perfect Universe, but It needs to be seen mentally before It can become a part of our experience.

Both cheap value stocks and more glamorous growth stocks can work well in a portfolio - if done right.

The religion of Islam is growing faster than any other religion in the world.

I don't care about people who don't care about me. If people are negative or mean, then that's their issue. Screw them.

We sometimes become so obsessed with punishing villainous characters, that we forget the collateral damage is actually experienced by marginalized groups, and we shouldn't punish them for that.