The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

It's good to shut up sometimes.