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

As far as history goes I am dead. If there is something beyond I shall have to bounce back. I have found God, but he is insufficient. I am only spiritually dead. Physically I am alive. Morally I am free. The world which I have departed is a menagerie.

Even the idiot may have a message for us

At the bottom of every frozen heart there is a drop or two of love―just enough to feed the birds.

To be joyous is to be a madman in a world of sad ghosts.

The imperfections of a man, his frailties, his faults, are just as important as his virtues.You can't separate them. They're wedded.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation. Lend and borrow to the maximum.