Was there ever any domination that did not appear natural to those who possessed it?
The countless gold of a merry heart, The rubies and pearls of a loving eye, The indolent never can bring to the mart, Nor the secret hoard up in his treasury.
To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.
The inquiry in England is not whether a man has talents and genius, but whether he is passive and polite and a virtuous ass and obedient to noblemen's opinions in art and science. If he is, he is a good man. If not, he must be starved.
In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.
He who sees the Infinite in all things sees God.
As we are, so we see.
Inside every fat man, there's a thin man trying to get out.
I'm always flattered and honored when people cover my music or sing my songs, no matter where it is.
The summer's flower is to the summer sweet Though to itself it only live and die
Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly. Only if you do that can you hope to make the reader feel every particle of what you, the writer, have known and feel compelled to share. "---Forward to Kafka's Short stories