Wisdom

My favorite words in the world are these: in conjunction.They question curiosities in simple form and function. Is a query of broadest scope. Is wonder that fuels all hope.Together they lasso the mind like rope, and spur the wildest deductions!

A poet, any real poet, is simply an alchemist who transmutes his cynicism regarding human beings into an optimism regarding the moon, the stars, the heavens, and the flowers, to say nothing of the spring, love, and dogs.

Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who like women never notice what they wear.

Reading is the noblest of all the hobbies, that is why people mention it so frequently in their resume even if they don't read much.

Failure is not actually an event, it is more a reaction to an event and is an important part of learning.

Musically, he was like an old man in a boy's skin.

Misogyny has not been completely wiped out anywhere. Rather, it resides on a spectrum, and our best hope for eradicating it globally is for each of us to expose and to fight against local versions of it, in the understanding that by doing so we advance the global struggle.

Imprisoning philosophy within the professionalizations and specializations of an institutionalized curriculum, after the manner of our contemporary European and North American culture, is arguably a good deal more effective in neutralizing its effects than either religious censorship or political terror.

The first among mankind will always be those who make something imperishable out of a sheet of paper, a canvas, a piece of marble, or a few sounds.

All that is good in art is the expression of one soul talking to another and is precious according to the greatness of the soul that utters it.

If we are living according to what we believe, we may be falsely accused.

It was such a feeling of developing your inner self to the people who liked to dig deeper and deeper until you cannot fathom the deepest evil in you.

The ugliness at the heart of beauty. Is there always ugliness, do you suppose? Even when the object is very, very beautiful?

It is nonsense to speak of 'higher' and 'lower' pleasures. To a hungry man it is rightly more important that he eat than that he philosophize.

A talent for drama is not a talent for writing but is an ability to articulate human relationships.

Because you're always learning, the chief lesson remains: you still know nothing.

Clarity of thought is a must for brevity in speech.

Young people, however, tend to ignore the customs of their elders. Adolescent rebellion has been responsible for all manner of absurd costumes. The more ridiculous a certain fashion is, the more adolescents will cling to it.

When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.

Journalism allows it's readers to witness history. Fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.