Whoever uses the spirit that is in him creatively is an artist. To make living itself an art, that is the goal.

To be silent the whole day long, see no newspaper, hear no radio, listen to no gossip, be thoroughly and completely lazy, thoroughly and completely indifferent to the fate of the world is the finest medicine a man can give himself.

What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces upon it and lives by it?

What seems nasty, painful, evil can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind.

There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy.

Fame is an illusive thing - here today, gone tomorrow. The fickle, shallow mob raises its heroes to the pinnacle of approval today and hurls them into oblivion tomorrow at the slightest whim; cheers today, hisses tomorrow; utter forgetfulness in a few months.

The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.