true influence over another comes not from a moments eloquence nor from any happily chosen word, but from the accumulation of a lifetime's thoughts stored up in the eyes...the secret smile in the eyes of a friend

But there comes a time in everybody's life when he must decide whether he'll live among human beings or nota fool among fools or a fool alone.

The planting of trees is the least self-centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than the procreation of children.

A good writer preserves an air of freedom in his prose, so that the reader won't know how a story will end - even if he's reading a history book.

[Whenever] you get near the human race, there's layers and layers of nonsense.

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

Choose the least important day in your life. It will be important enough.