He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.

An image is a stop the mind makes between uncertainties.

A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Under all speech that is good for anything three lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.

this is a process of eliminating options.

Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety-valve device for dealing with happiness overflow.

Let's not unman each other--part at once; All farewells should be sudden, when forever, Else they make an eternity of moments, And clog the last sad sands of life with tears.

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on, Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.

Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?

In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Humanism, it seems, is almost impossible in America where material progress is part of the national romance whereas in Europe such progress is relished because it feels nice.

Hell has no exits.Heaven needs none.

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag.

He who lives by medical prescriptions lives miserably.

Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.