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Anyone who wants simple, pat stories should buy another author’s product. The real universe ain’t that way, and neither are my fictive ones.

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

Nature is the art of God.

The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to us and which touches us so profoundly that we must have lost all feeling to be indifferent about it.

Wonder is the desire for knowledge.

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.

In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost.

Always try to do something for the other fellow and you will be agreeably surprised how things come your way – how many pleasing things are done for you.

Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists.