The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.

There is absolutely no reason for being rushed along with the rush. Everybody should be free to go slow.

Nearly everybody is looking for something brave to do. I don't know why people shouldn't write poetry. That's brave.

I'm always saying something that's just the edge of something more.

The test is always how we treat the poor.

The best thing we're put here for's to see; The strongest thing that's given us to see with's a telescope. Someone in every town, seems to me, owes it to the town to keep one.

The hurt is not enough: I long for weight and strength. To feel the earth as rough to all my length