Life becomes fully understandable only the moment we realise that we are all mad.

The equator was wisely put where it is, because if it had been run through Europe all the kings would have tried to grab it.

Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. You cannot eliminate habits that no longer serve you. You can only replace them with new habits that support your goals. Moment by moment, you need to live with awareness and structure the habits that you include or exclude in your days.

When I'm playful I use the meridians of longitude and parallels of latitude for a seine, and drag the Atlantic Ocean for whales. I scratch my head with the lightning and purr myself to sleep with the thunder.

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.

The self taught man seldom knows anything accurately, and he does not know a tenth as much as he could have known if he had worked under teachers, and besides, he brags, and is the means of fooling other thoughtless people into going and doing as he himself has done.