What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.

I can never really enjoy being famous.

Utada Hikaru

Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.

Jean Rostand

The world is for thousands a freak show; the images flicker past and vanish; the impressions remain flat and unconnected in the soul. Thus they are easily led by the opinions of others, are content to let their impressions be shuffled and rearranged and evaluated differently.

Johann von Goethe

Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships.

Charles Simic

I do not think that all who choose wrong roads perish; but their rescue consists in being put back on the right road. A sum can be put right: but only by going back til you find the error and working it afresh from that point, never by simply going on. Evil can be undone, but it cannot 'develop' into good. Time does not heal it. The spell must be unwound, bit by bit, 'with backward mutters of dissevering power' --or else not.

C.S. Lewis

Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in the world.

Cesare Pavese

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

John Ruskin

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

Ronald Reagan

Legislators: Rape their wives and do two years. Kill their children and do five years. Steal their money and kiss your ass goodbye.

L. R. Powell

Never use big words where a diminutive one will suffice.

Source Unknown

We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority which intelligence cannot confer on us, no inferiority for which it cannot compensate.

Henri Bergson

The cliche is dead poetry.

Gerald Brenan