There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.

The disadvantage of men not knowing the past is that they do not know the present.

There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.

Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not sure about being quiet.

All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful instant we remember that we forgot.

Wherever there is animal worship, there is human sacrifice.