Truth is so often disconcerting.

He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.

Thirstily he set it to his lips, and as its cool refreshment began to soothe his throat, he thanked Heaven that in a world of much evil there was still so good a thing as ale.

Regret of neglected opportunity is the worst hell that a living soul can inhabit.

I am very poor - for a know nothing, understand nothing. It is not a calamitous condition until it is realized.

Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish.

...it is human nature, I suppose, to be futile and ridiculous.

To do what you imply would require nothing short of divine intervention. You must change man, not systems.

Only he who is without anything is without enemies.

There remained the sea, which is free to all, and particularly alluring to those who feel themselves at war with humanity.

He was suffering from the loss of an illusion.

Part of me shall dwell in my daughter to call upon in times of need of course.

May you begin living beyond.

Where you are today and where you want to be lies a gap. That gap is the price you have to pay to get to the top.

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The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as it is pleasant to meet with an old man whose opinions are not ossified.

If you become a star known for one thing, that becomes your thing, and you don't want that, on some DNA level.

I'm a harsh critic of the status quo.

The primary reason we do too much is that we have never taken the time to discover that portion of what we do that makes the biggest difference.

Let us all learn to be free, and to be loyal

I didn't learn for years that you generally find your Self after you quit looking for it.