“A poet is the most unpoetical of anything in existence, because he has no identity - he is continually informing and filling some other body
“The automobile changed our dress, manners, social customs, vacation habits, the shape of our cities, consumer purchasing patterns, common tastes and positions in intercourse
“Progress, under whose feet the grass mourns and the forest turns into paper from which newspaper plants grow, has subordinated the purpose of life to the means of subsistence and turned us into the nuts and bolts for our tools
“Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones
“An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards
“Sit in reverie, and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind
“The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.
“If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.