Our planet's alarm is going off, and it is time to wake up and take action!
Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.
Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.
God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.
The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.
Were one to ask me in which direction I think man strongest, I should say, his capacity to hate.
Eventually, I think you find a spiritual and emotional connection with someone, and I think it unifies you with everyone else. I think if you love one person, it makes you love everyone.
Astronomy is. . . the only progressive Science which the ancient world produced.
Don't take anyone else's definition of success as your own. (This is easier said than done. )
I don't think writers are any smarter than other people. I think they may be more compelling in their stupidity, or in their confusion.