I went to my doctor and asked for something for persistent wind. He gave me a kite.
Silence is the essential condition of happiness.
In dark ages people are best guided by religion, as in a pitch-black night a blind man is the best guide; he knows the roads and paths better than a man who can see. When daylight comes, however, it is foolish to use blind, old men as guides.
Nothing is sillier than this charge of plagiarism. There is no sixth commandment in art. The poet dare help himself wherever he lists, wherever he finds material suited to his work. He may even appropriate entire columns with their carved capitals, if the temple he thus supports be a beautiful one. Goethe understood this very well, and so did Shakespeare before him.
There is only one writer in whom I find something that reminds me of the directness of style which is found in the Bible. It is Shakespeare.
The more i get to know people, the more i like dogs.
Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.
I've had a blessed career, and that has been acknowledged in many ways over the years.
Twitter is crack for media addicts.
In a special sense. . . the three great natural states of waking, dreaming, and deep sleep contain an entire spectrum of spiritual enlightenment.
and i was right here , almost right within reach , but still one thousand mile away