I am a tomb robber who is robbing my own tomb. Things from my tomb are exhibited under the radiant sun. Every time it happens I feel crude.
Enjoyment and innocence are the most bashful things: both do not want to be sought.
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.
There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.
I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.
The plan of this world is infinite similarity and yet infinite variety.
Tyson is a lot better than I thought, a lot better. People can talk about Spinks all they want. . . Tyson is the true champion.
I think a book should be judged 10 years later, after reading and re-reading it.
It is not our failures that distress us so much as our idiocies.