Even at times when I don't care, I know exactly what I would care about if I did.

Are you an artist? Look about you. Is there a physical tool whose use you have mastered, a part of your body that responds utterly to your control? Is your motive esthetic? If so, you are an artist. If not, you are probably a writer.

There is no daily chore so trivial that it cannot be made important by skipping it two days running.

Always laugh off a slight insult, so that people will understand what it means when you're not laughing.

Eventually you realize that your whole life up to now has been preparation, and you begin to suspect that the rest might be preparation, too.

What a unique treasure are the things we have learned to live without, for no thief can take them from us.

To hurt someone you know will forgive you is the unkindiest thing of all.