To tell a story is to take power over it.

...words can help us to see what is graceful or human where lovelines and humanity seem to fail...

I know it feels like you have all these options and when you make a decision, you lose a world of possibilities. But the reality is, until you make a decision, you have nothing at all.

Scientific truth is universal, because it is only discovered by the human brain and not made by it, as art is.

Not to he who is offensive to us are we most unfair but to he who does not concern us at all.

When a man begins to understand himself he begins to live.

Only stupid people don't change their minds.

Music, being identical with heaven, isn't a thing of momentary thrills, or even hourly ones. It's a condition of eternity.

Russian talk of political evil is as natural as eating.

How about this?' Simmon asked me. "Which is worse, stealing a pie or killing Ambrose?" I gave it a moment's hard thought. "A meat pie, or a fruit pie?

Man is a fraction of the animal world. Our history is an afterthought, no more, tacked to an infinite calendar. We are not so unique as we should like to believe.

If you won't talk about yourself, at least compliment the audience. Just keep turning it back around, all right. Gush.