When a new book is published, read an old one.

I lived to write, and wrote to live.

Fireside happiness, to hours of ease Blest with that charm, the certainty to please.

Long on the wave reflected lustres of play.

Kindred objects kindred thoughts inspire, As summer clouds flash forth electric fire.

Women have the understanding of the heart, which is better than that of the head.

Man to the last is but a froward child; So eager for the future, come what may, And to the present so insensible.

Gentle to others, to himself severe.

To know her was to love her.

Every day a little life, a blank to be inscribed with gentle thoughts.

Then never less alone than when alone.

I believe one would write better if the climate were bad. If there were a lot of wind and storms for example...

… I can only wish to remember the good timesand forget the things I refuse to remember. They are nothing but heartache.”-Sophia to Zarah, The Forest of Evergreen: Found in the Wilderness

All's the government should do is keep the taxes and regulations at a manageable rate, keep a decent standing army and get out of the way.

An economy that adds value through information, ideas, and intelligence-the Three I Economy-offers a way out of the apparent clash between material growth and environmental resources.

The great corporations of this country were not founded by ordinary people. They were founded by people with extraordinary intelligence, ambition, and aggressiveness.

But all history has taught us the grim lesson that no nation has ever been successful in avoiding the terrors of war by refusing to defend its rights - by attempting to placate aggression.

It is right that we should be successful, for otherwise Spirit is not expressed.

Only in Paris do couture workers, from seamstress to mannequin, worship a dress and treat it like a baby.

It's important to reflect about what's happening inside Israel.

In Celan's words a Jew is "a man with a little book under the shoulder." We are the keepers of tradition.