Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.

Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.

An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.

I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.

There is no real ending. It's just the place where you stop the story.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

Not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.

My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.

When you get to a certain age, there is no coming back.

Could be worse . . . I could be Sting.

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.