There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

In constructing the plot and working it out with the proper diction, the poet should place the scene, as far as possible, before his eyes. In this way, seeing everything with the utmost vividness, as if he were a spectator of the action, he will discover what is in keeping with it, and be most unlikely to overlook inconsistencies.

Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

Let's have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

Those who seek realities in this world of illusions are likely to be disappointed at times.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. 

 A  language that does not evolve with time dies a natural death.

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught. 

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishmonent and the other by acts of love. Power based  love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

Enlightenment is the ultimate destination of the spiritual path.