You must try never to regret what might have been, child. The past that did not happen is as hidden from us as the future we cannot yet see.

Fear of death is form of stasis horrors. The dead weight of time.

Humankind has understood history as a series of battles because, to this day, it regards conflict as the central facet of life.

I'm glad . . . that Edison didn't give up on the light bulb. That Luther refused to back down. That Michelangelo kept painting. That Lindbergh kept flying.

We are made weak both by idleness and distrust of ourselves. Unfortunate, indeed, is he who suffers from both. If he is a mere individual he becomes nothing; if he is a king he is lost.

We should bathe our spirits in the deep, pure feeling that stirs within us when we gaze on the glories of His creation. This is the way to know God as beauty.

Find happiness by enjoying the journey, not by awaiting the destination.

If you need drugs to be a good writer, you are not a good writer.

Walk out like someone suddenly born into colour. Do it now.

Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.

We have no need of other worlds. We need mirrors. We don't know what to do with other worlds. A single world, our own, suffices us; but we can't accept it for what it is.