Life is energy, and energy is creativity. And even when individuals pass on, the energy is retained in the work of art, locked in it and awaiting release if only someone will take the time and the care to unlock it.

The self does not realize itself most fully when self-realization is its most constant aim.

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

Superior people never make long visits.

Wolf's wool is the best of wool, / but it cannot be sheared because / the wolf will not comply.

Omissions are not accidents.

Conscious writing can be the death of poetry.