There is no pleasure subtler than the sensation of being a good workman; and in work there is the sense of consanguinity-unconscious as a rule but sometimes conscious.

As for butterflies, I can hardly conceive of one's attending upon you; but to question the congruence of the complement is vain, if it exists.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Your thorns are the best part of you.

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

Originality is... a by-product of sincerity.

Camels are snobbish and sheep, unintelligent; water buffaloes, neurasthenic-- even murderous. Reindeer seem over-serious.

Omissions are not accidents.

The hands are the heart's messengers.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser.

Our perspective equals our reality, tweak the perspective and you tweak your reality.

All ways will lead and take you there as long as you know where you want to go.

Women are the harshest critics of other women.

We live, we die. Somewhere along the way, if we're lucky, we may find someone to help lighten the load.

I am exceedingly angry for no good reason.

You can see my guns at my apartment. The safe room is a special place... It's good to have a safe room in your house. It's storm-proof; we've got food, store supplies, all kinds of stuff.

Stupid man produces noise; clever man produces silence!

I don't believe in karma.

The spiritual journey is one of continuous learning and purification. When you know this, you become humble.

It's not enough to do good. It must be done well.