Apart from God every activity is merely a passing whiff of insignificance.

People make the mistake of talking about 'natural laws.' There are no natural laws. There are only temporary habits of nature.

Seek simplicity, then distrust.

An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to be so open that there is no keeping anything in or out of it.

Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.

There is a technique, a knack, for thinking, just as there is for doing other things. You are not wholly at the mercy of your thoughts, any more than they are you. They are a machine you can learn to operate.

When success turns a man's head he faces failure