I often wish... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.

Love manifests itself in our bodies as instinctive craving, in our souls as devotion, and in our minds as pride.

It is not being out at heels that makes a man discontented, it is being out at heart. To be contented is to be good friends with yourself.

There is only one way in the world to be distinguished. Follow your instinct! Be yourself, and you'll be somebody. Be one more blind follower of the blind, and you will have the oblivion you desire.

I often wish... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.

The greatest joy in nature is the absence of man.

Lord of the far horizons, Give us the eyes to see Over the verge of the sundown The beauty that is to be.