In the past, friendship was a huge thing. But it's hard for us to think of friendship as a calling, because it's not a vocation.

To hope for nothing, to expect nothing, to demand nothing. This is analytical despair.

By setting up a universe which tends to hold everything we do, see, and say in the sway of its cosmos, an archetype is best comparable with a God

It is impossible to see the angel unless you first have a notion of it.

The circumstances, including my body and my parents, whom I may curse, are my soul's own choice and I do not understand this because I have forgotten

All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours of school, earlier age at the computer, and curfews. Who would want to grow up in that world?

I see happiness as a by-product. I don't think you can pursue happiness. I think that phrase is one of the very few mistakes the Founding Fathers made