An index is a great leveller.
All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently, the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.
Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.
Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books nobody reads.
The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.
In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
Lilac anemone, paper petals, turning tentatively to face a pale sun opening to reveal a lightness of being, a flash of gold, a fresh resilience, contented silence, the dawn of a new day.
No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.
No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.
The rain comes and what bends will rise. It is a purposeful journey.
If you miss the present moment, you miss your appointment with life. That is very serious!
Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.
That’s what I can’t stand. I know I’ll bounce back, and that’s what I can’t stand.
There’s a great joy in my giving. It’s thrilling. It’s exhilarating. It’s important to be a part of sharing. It is my love. It is my joy.
Justice delayed is justice denied.
It isn’t safe to sit in judgment upon another person’s illusion when you are not on the inside. While you are thinking it is a dream, he may be knowing it is a planet.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
It makes a great difference in the force of a sentence, whether a man be behind it or no.
I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’.
The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and angle of contingency, and qualifies all his qualifications, but who throws himself on your part so heartily, that he can get you out of a scrape.
