The world is not run by thought nor by imagination but by opinion.

The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion.

The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the reading of it.

Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversations.

The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and "mangled mind" leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits.

People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs. People are very inclined to set moral standards for others.

The pain of loss, moreover, however agonizing, however haunting in memory, quiets imperceptibly into acceptance as the currents of active living and of fresh emotions flow over it.

It takes two to write a letter as much as it takes two to make a quarrel.

Money buys access; access buys influence.

[On newspapers:] A first draft of history.

Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.

Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.

Her education only made her unhappy thinking about it - that no matter how much she changed her life, she could not change the world that surrounded her.

You take a normal guy, give him a wife, give them time, and you've got AN IDIOT!

I think Apple is a great device company.

People are very sincere in their praise, and you can't take it lightly.

Existentialism is the kind of philosophy that makes for legendary children.

Join the community of saints and know the delight of your own Soul. Enter the ruins of your Heart and Learn the Meaning of Humility.

...I write to keep in contact with our ancestors and to spread truth to people.

Jealousy is an ugly emotion, but it tells the truth. You mostly envy those who have what you desire.