Art is science made clear.
We think in generalities, but we live in detail.
Know, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.
By learning to discover and value our ordinariness, we nurture a friendliness toward ourselves and the world that is the essence of a healthy soul.
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves.
I was pushed roughly but dispassionately onto my stomach and something went twice around my wrists and then tightened up as well, feeling like baling wire and biting cruelly.