What seems different in yourself; that's the rare thing you possess. The one thing that gives each of us his worth, and that's just what we try to suppress. And we claim to love life.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

The mirror's light sparks in the eyes, And horrified, my lids drawn tight, I step back to that realm of nightWhere not a single exit lies...(Untitled: "I pass away this life of mine...")

Nature's imagination is so boundless compared to our own meager human imagination.

It's not easy to define poetry.

How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values?

More progress results from the violent execution of an imperfect plan than the perfection of a plan to violently execute.

... no human actions ever were intended by the Maker of men to be guided by balances of expediency, but by balances of justice.

They [Republicans] assume that military action always shows strength, while avoiding military action always shows weakness. That's just crazy.

The children of childish parents age quickly.

Life should be lived on the edge of life.

However weighed down and entangled in earthly fetters you may be, it can never be too late.