It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.

A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.

Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.

Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.

Take a look at your natural river. What are you? Stop playing games with yourself. Where's your river going? Are read more

Take a look at your natural river. What are you? Stop playing games with yourself. Where's your river going? Are you riding with it? Or are you rowing against it? Don't you see that there is no effort if you're riding with your river?

In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.

In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.

It's in the reaction of others that perfection is found in the flawed.

It's in the reaction of others that perfection is found in the flawed.

The suspicious believe everybody to be suspicious; the liar feels secure in the thought that he is not so foolish read more

The suspicious believe everybody to be suspicious; the liar feels secure in the thought that he is not so foolish as to believe that there is such a phenomenon as a strictly truthful person; the envious see envy in every soul; the miser thinks everybody is eager to get his money;...and the abandoned sensualist looks upon the saint as a hypocrite

There is such a thing as moderation, even in telling the truth.

There is such a thing as moderation, even in telling the truth.