The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority

Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.

Before I write down one word, I have to have the character in my mind through and through. I must penetrate into the last wrinkle of his soul.

To live is - to war with trolls In the holds of the heart and mind

I propose to raise a revolution against the lie that the majority has the monopoly of the truth.

Your home is regarded as a model home, your life as a model life. But all this splendor, and you along with it... it's just as though it were built upon a shifting quagmire. A moment may come, a word can be spoken, and both you and all this splendor will collapse.

Happiness is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence.