Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

I don't try to imagine a personal god; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.

If you follow every dream, you might get lost.

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.

It is wonderful when you don't have the fear, and a lot of the time I don't ... I focus on what needs to be done instead.

Nothing is black or white.

The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.

I have often been accused of putting my foot in my mouth, but I will never put my hand in your pockets

It ain't over 'til it's over.

I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.

My specialty is detached malevolence.

Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.

We often discover what will do by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

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

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

As long as we believe in absurdities we shall continue to commit atrocities.