Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.

External nature is only internal nature writ large.

Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.

The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good thing for the first time.

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

The mind that finds its way to wild places is the poet's; but the mind that never finds its way back is the lunatic's.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

Tell me thy company, and I shall tell thee what thou art.

It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel.

No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.

Nothing is black or white.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.

I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.

If you never stop when you wave goodbye you just might find, if you give it time, you will wave hello again...

All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and thats to get rid of all my other desires.