Work on a good piece of writing proceeds on three levels: a musical one, where it is composed, an architectural one, where it is constructed, and finally a textile one, where it is woven.

Like ultraviolet rays memory shows to each man in the book of life a script that invisibly and prophetically glosses the text.

The more circumspectly you delay writing down an idea, the more maturely developed it will be on surrendering itself.

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.

To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.

Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.

The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.

Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction.

There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.

The concept of progress must be grounded in the idea of catastrophe. That things are 'status quo' is the catastrophe

All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation.

If your password encrypts your history then its a PASTWORD

Customers require the effective integration of technologies to simplify their workflow and boost efficiency.

You never know what you can do until you try, and very few try unless they have to.

I actually can't think of anything worse than being famous... Fame really distorts your perception of yourself.

I hold every man a debtor to his profession.

Circles create soothing space.

Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.

I played almost four hours today, ... Im very, very tired.

There is in the body, a current of energy, affection and intelligence, which guides, maintains and energizes the body. Discover that current and stay with it.

Here's to five miserable months on the wagon and the irreparable harm that it's caused me.