He says the best way out is always through. / And I can agree to that, or in so far / As that I can see no way out but through

I hate the idea that you ought to read the whole of anybody.

No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being hard.

Nor is there wanting in the press Some spirit to stand simply forth, Heroic in it nakedness, Against the uttermost of earth. The tale of earth's unhonored things Sounds nobler there than 'neath the sun; And the mind whirls and the heart sings, And a shout greets the daring one.

The best things and best people rise out of their separateness; I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise.

Life must be kept up at a great rate in order to absorb any considerable amount of learning.

And nothing to look backward to with pride, and nothing to look forward to with hope.