I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.
It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.
Time is that quality of nature which keeps events from happening all at once. Lately it doesn't seem to be working.
I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace.
The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out. Every mind is a building filled with archaic furniture. Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it.
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.