Syllables govern the world.
My father must have had some elementary education for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately
If you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.
Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire; you will what you imagine; and at last you create what you will.
The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me.
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.
The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.
Don’t order any black things. Rejoice in his memory; and be radiant: leave grief to the children. Wear violet and purple. Be patient with the poor people who will snivel: they don’t know; and they think they will live for ever, which makes death a division instead of a bond.
That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good.
I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
Silence is the virtue of fools.
All the great ages have been ages of belief.
Birth and death are so closely related that one could not destroy either without destroying the other at the same time. It is extinction that makes creation possible.
A lot of power and bravery is practice. And some of that is taking the risk to try and be at the table. And then when you’re at the table, taking that first risk to open your mouth and risk being rejected.
We need much less than we think we need.
What right have I to grieve, who have not ceased to wonder?
Do what we can, summer will have its flies.
Plan backwards as well as forward. Set objectives and trace back to see how to achieve them. You may find that no path can get you there. Plan forward to see where your steps will take you, which may not be clear or intuitive.
No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes, than a public library.
A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
