When I didn't argue he was satisfied he had persuaded me, and was not the first to make that mistake.

We are funny creatures. We don't see the stars as they are, so why do we love them? They are not small gold objects, but endless fire.

California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You can quote me on that.

I am a true adorer of life, and if I can't reach as high as the face of it, I plant my kiss somewhere lower down. Those who understand will require no further explanation.

The soul has to find and hold its ground against hostile forces, sometimes embodied in ideas which frequently deny its very existence, and which indeed often seem to be trying to annul it altogether.

A human soul devoid of longing was a soul deformed, deprived of its highest good, sick unto death.

I'm glad I haven't lived in vain.