The test of an adventure is that when you're in the middle of it, you say to yourself "Oh now I've got myself into an awful mess; I wish I were sitting quietly at home. And the sign that something's wrong with you is when you sit quietly at home wishing you were out having lots of adventure.

Faith is a never-ending pool of clarity, reaching far beyond the margins of consciousness. We all know more than we know we know.

Life is a fatal adventure. It can only have one end. So why not make it as far-ranging and free as possible.

Doctors are mostly impostors. The older a doctor is and the more venerated he is, the more he must pretend to know everything. Of course, they grow worse with time. Always look for a doctor who is hated by the best doctors. Always seek out a bright young doctor before he comes down with nonsense.

The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware of your freedom to choose.

The stuff of which masterpieces are made drifts about the world waiting to be clothed in words.

Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?