If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches.
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
Someone dragged me by my arms out onto the road, then shoved me, stumbling, down a paved road.
Everybody likes to go their own way--to choose their own time and manner of devotion.
I like coincidences. They make me wonder about destiny, and whether free will is an illusion or just a matter of perspective. They let me speculate on the idea of some master plan that, from time to time, we're allowed to see out of the corner of our eye.
After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.
We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language.