“It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.”

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.

That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful.

Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence.

There is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the proportion.

The past is a pebble in my shoe.

Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.

That which you mistake for madness is but an overacuteness of the senses.

Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!

A wise man hears one word and understands two.

All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.

If a poem hasn’t ripped apart your soul; you haven’t experienced poetry.

If a poem hasn’t ripped apart your soul; you haven’t experienced poetry.

False hope is nicer than no hope at all.

I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty.

The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.

But we will encourage the church to do that in general for anyone and everyone who’s seeking to be a mature believer in Christ.

When people are laughing, they’re generally not killing one another.

There is no ethics in general. There are only-eventually-ethics of processes by which we treat the possibilities of a situation.

I am in general a very pessimistic person with an optimistic, day to day take on things. The bare facts of life are utterly terrifying. And yet, one can laugh. Indeed, one has to laugh precisely because of the darkness: the nervous laughter of the trenches.

I think that whoever is the attorney general, you don’t want them to be as a yes person for any particular constituency.

If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.

What’s good for General Bullmoose is good for the U.S.A.!