There is a very great difference between older and old, the former being desirable and the latter being inevitable.

All the friends in the world are in the fountain of a pen.

My face is rather like a collision waiting to happen: head-on I can be borne, but turn sideways, and it is all calamity.

Swearing is a currency the countryside spends well.

No one needs Independence. We all just need tea and air conditioners.

I don't talk ill about people I don't know, " said Bartleby. "I only disparage them in silence and hope they die.

The old who refuse to die merely on principle live on forever, to hate life and complain of all the things they could have been spared had they the good sense to die young.

We come by aurora, with a heavy and sovereign tread, with the might of matriarchs to furnish our shoulders, with the apricity of light to crown our heads

And the matron sighed over the destiny of ladies in good society, whose moral judgement led them to love unabashedly and whose depravity led them to pay for it.

The greatest ugliness in the world is seeing so beautiful a creature spoil themselves on stupidity.

The skies gave way to the full ascendence of morning and clouds skittered across the expanse, the variations on a nebulous theme woven on a celestial loom.

Be thankful for the beautiful moment.Be thankful for the gift of today.Be thankful for how far you have reached.

Repeat after me, Mr. Black: I do believe in commas. I do, I do.

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.

Compassion allows us to accept everything. That's why there's always a tear in the eye of the Buddha that no one sees, for the pain and suffering of others.

if a person wishes to achieve peace of mind and happiness then they should acquire faith, but if they want to be a disciple of truth, which can be "frightening and ugly,” then they need to search.

We must reason in natural philosophy not from what we hope, or even expect, but from what we perceive.

The use of "religion" as an excuse to repress the freedom of expression and to deny human rights is not confined to any country or time.

God loves us. May we discover the beauty of loving and being loved.

INTO THE WILD was a lot of fun, but challenging, 'cause you can get lost in the movement.

By the time I was 12 I was challenging every boy in our neighborhood at running, jumping, everything.