When I prayed for success, I forgot to ask for sound sleep and good digestion.
The lonely become either thoughtful or empty.
Mistrust makes life difficult. Trust makes it risky.
Secrets die when kept or revealed. They live by being faintly and uncertainly repeated.
A blocked path also offers guidance.
Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it.
Only the broken-hearted know the truth about love.
What lies behind appearance is usually another appearance.
Writers mean more than they say and say more than they mean.
Fears and lies intensify consciousness.
Fear of trying causes paralysis. Trying causes only trembling and sweating.
Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.
Lust and greed are more gullible than innocence.
There are different rules for reading, for thinking, and for talking. Writing blends all three of them.
Poor but happy is not a phrase invented by a poor person.
At the end of every diet, the path curves back to the trough.
Many try to force the past to change.
Most people find just being themselves not enough of a show.
Love begins with an image; lust with a sensation.
A great reader seldom recognizes his solitude.