We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.

A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.

Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Where are we really going? Always home.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

There is but one temple in the universe, and that is the body of man.

The mysterious path goes inward. It is in us, and not anywhere else, where the eternity of the worlds, the past and the future are found.

In cheerful souls there is no wit. Wit shows a disturbance of the equipoise.

When you understand how to love one thing, then you also understand how to love everything.

Nature is an aeolian harp, a musical instrument whose tones are the re-echo of higher strings within us.

problems call for ideas, the bigger the problem, the bigger the idea

Coal that bears that pressure meets a diamond.

I think there's great potential for autonomy, but we have to remember that we live in a world where people may have free will but have not invented their circumstances.

The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure my character is the man who would say that.

I started out with comedy in college, but had my major in Recreation Administration - which meant I wasn't going to get a real job - so I started doing a little standup.

Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass.

In solitude the lonely man is eaten up by himself, among crowds by the many.

People used to have time to live and enjoy themselves, but there is no time anymore for anything but work, work, work.

Elegant persuasion is when the other person thought it was their idea.

When you're tired, you rationalize. You make excuses in your mind. You say, "I'm too tired; I'm bushed; I can't do this; I'll loaf." Then you're a coward.