I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.

He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.

Never lend your car to someone you've given birth to.

A friend doesn't go on a diet because you are fat.

Your personal nature seeks its paradise.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.

External nature is only internal nature writ large.

I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.

Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

Get off your butt and join the Marines!

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

Could be worse . . . I could be Sting.

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.

He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.

The bat thought I was giving him the kiss of life!

It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.

A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it.

Sunlight is painting.