Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
In a dream you are never eighty.
The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat.
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem.
A sect, incidentally, is a religion with no political power.
I grew up with all kinds of people.
Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.
Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.
Injustice in the end produces independence.
It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.
We have met the enemy and he is us.
The power of any art is limited
I have no words — alas! — to tell The loveliness of loving well!
I think that Poe is so resonant because he represents that part of us that is in misery or sorrowful or wants to explore the darkness. He wrote a great story called 'The Imp of the Perverse' about the instinct towards self-destruction. Poe is the god...
If the mind fits, shrink it.
Toda mi vida ha sido una espera del inevitable encuentro contigo
The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.
There is/no reasoning with need.
For scientists, reality is not optional.
Beauty alters the grain of reality.