The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is alien to them, with others.

There is nothing healthier for a man than to walk on his own two legs.

There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so as not to lose everything.

Somewhere in the infinite that He occupies, God advances and withdraws the pawns of the other games He plays, but it is too soon to worry about this one, all He need do for the present is allow things to take their natural course, apart from the occasional adjustment with the tip of His little finger to make sure some stray thought or action does not interfere with the harmony of destinies.

The best way to killing a rose is to force it open when it is still only the promise of a bud.

I'm not pessimistic. It is the world that is terrible. How can we be optimistic in the face of a planet where people live so badly, nature is being destroyed and the dominant empire is money?

Perfect moments, especially when they verge on the sublime have the grave disadvantage of being very short lived, which in fact, being obvious, we would not need to mention were it not that they have a still greater disadvantage, which is that we do not know what to do once they are over.