Wisdom

Nostalgia is also a dangerous form of comparison. Think about how often we compare ourselves and our lives to a memory that nostalgia has so completely edited that it never really existed.

The question of being is the darkest in all philosophy.

Art, its completeness, its formedness, its finishedness, had no power to console. Words, on the other hand, were a lifeline.

Would a robber break in your home at night beating drums? Nope. This is how those who want to take advantage of your life come: Full of smiles and promising sincere friendship!

A lifelong learner is a lifelong winner.

In communications, familiarity breeds apathy.

I like to think my sense of humor is sort of smart and dumb at the same time. I like to work on multiple levels - smart and dumb, funny and sad, profound and mundane, cynical and hopeful.

Writing is a conduit. It opens up a passageway into the past. Not just for the writer, but for the reader too. Both readers and writer are linked by the commonality of human experience.

To know that we know what we know and that we do not know what we do not know that is true knowledge.

Religion is a virus that we cannot get rid of. A virus of the brain that comes from no other source than itself. We who are uninfected must find the cure.

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

It is an emotional and an enchanted place. If the study of the conscious mind highlights the importance of reason and analysis, study of the unconscious mind highlights the importance of passions and perception.

All the means we've been given to stay alert we use to ornament our sleep. If instead of endlessly inventing new ways to make life more comfortable we'd apply our ingenuity to fabricating instruments to jog man out of his torpor!

When you blame others, you give up your power to change.

I shall always consider the best guesser the best prophet.

The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion.

We can find the answers will seek in books.

My problem is I say what I'm thinking before I think what I'm saying.

The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.

Trust the instinct to the end though you can render no reason.