Quotes

I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want.

I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery. I thought, 'This is what it is to be happy.'

Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it.

I desire the things that will destroy me in the end.

The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.

Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

To keep your secret is wisdom, but to expect others to keep it is folly.

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.