the whole flavor and quality of the American representative government turns to ashes on the tongue, if one regards that government as simply an infe….

You must be much WITH God before you can be much FOR God..

The essential quality of an animal is that it seeks its own living, whereas a vegetable has its living brought to it.

To my mind, most prose poems are more prose than poetry. They don't possess most of the qualities of a poem..

Yes, we'll have to put a stop to this bookworming. No future in that..

the psychological attitudes which are indispensable in the American market place are disastrous to family life. Family life ... requires yieldingness….

That which comes slow comes solid..

I wanted to be a surgeon, possibly influenced by the qualities of our family doctor who cared for our childhood ailments..

It is hard to compare cultures without overgeneralizing, but I think a lot of American poetry has an assertiveness - an upbeat quality - that's less ….

The reason I exercise is for the quality of life I enjoy..

Don't take yourself too seriously. And take yourself as seriously as death itself..

I suspect that even today, with all the progress we have made in liberal thought, the quality of true tolerance is as rare as the quality of mercy..

He gave everything to everybody. Except to me..

Discover what you don't like doing and stop doing it..

domestic work is the most elementary form of labor. It is suitable for those with the intelligence of rabbits. All it requires is cleanlines, tidines….

Every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces..

I am Jewish, but Beethoven is my religion..

All service is the same with God..

It's not just what you do on the pitch, it's what you do off the pitch..

No. Don't you do this to us..

I finally realized that until you understand why you do things, you have no control over what you do..