It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all.
The technological man is limited as his tools. The man without technologies is limitless.
I wanted a heaven. And I grew up striving for that world-- an eternal world- that would wash away my temporary misery.
Good writing is always about things that are important to you, things that are scary to you, things that eat you up.
You make yourself too hard, you make yourself brittle too. Crack once, crack all to pieces
- Paddle Your Own CanoeVoyager upon life's sea,To yourself be true,And whatever your lot may be,Paddle your own canoe.Never, though the winds may rave,Falter or look back;But upon the darkest waveLeav...
If you don't know when your good, how can you know when your bad?
Violence is the repartee of the illiterate
We live in a 'two-hundred-year present'.
...the more of a fool a man is, the less he cares to look like one
Living a good life is like flipping pancakes. If you hesitate, it splatters all over the place.
Don't be so busy missing people who left that you miss the people that are standing right in front of you.
The illusion of free will is so strong in my mind that I can't get away from it, but I believe it is only an illusion. But it is an illusion which is one of the strongest motives of my actions. Before...
If you don't know when you're good, how can you know when you're bad?
Ugliness is in a way superior to beauty because it lasts.
There ain't half been some clever bastards
To broaden one's prospective is to push back the swirling winds of ignorance.
Strange... The more I befriend my solitude, the more people desire my company.
More than once have I thought, Why does crime, even when as powerful as Cæsar, and assured of being beyond punishment, strive always for the appearances of truth, justice, and virtue? Why does it take...
Denial does not change reality for everyone else. Only for the one denying and those who are foolish enough to believe the fantasy.