The love that dare not speak its name has become the love that won't shut up

There are times when I think that the reading I have done in the past has had no effect except to cloud my mind and make me indecisive

Pessimism is a very easy way out when you're considering what life really is, because pessimism is a short view of life - If you take a long view, I do not see how you can be pessimistic about the future of man or the future of the world

Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest it is a preparation for the tomb

I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me

It isn't everybody who is the hero of his own romance, and when we meet one he is likely to be a fascinating monster

He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and without obvious effort something that most people cannot do by the uttermost exertion of their abilities

Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them

The people who fear humor - and there are many -are suspicious of its power to present things in unexpected lights to question received opinions and to suggest unforeseen possibilities

Only a fool expects to be happy all the time