Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it.

Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.

Freedom lies in being bold.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

I'm not afraid of dying I just don't want to be there when it happens.

There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.

Before I speak, I have something important to say.

The day of individual happiness has passed

I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.

The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what's that? The freedom to starve?

A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone.

To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.

As long as we believe in absurdities we shall continue to commit atrocities.

I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.