The tongue like a sharp knife… Kills without drawing blood.

Ambition is like love, impatient of both delays and rivals.

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.