There is something about a voyage you are barely aware of while you are making it.
Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.
A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.
Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.
I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.
The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.
The quick lesson that I learned is that none of the fame part is really real.
I speak as an unregenerate reader, one who still believes that language and not technology is the true evolutionary miracle. I have not yet given up on the idea that the experience of literature offers a kind of wisdom that cannot be discovered elsewhere; that there is profundity in the verbal encounter itself, never mind what further profundities that author has to offer; and that for a host of reasons the bound book is the ideal vehicle for the written word.
Hitler spoke in a quiet, soft voice.
Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.