Poetry is thoughts that breathe, 

and words that burn.

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, 

but not the madness of people.

Inspiration is an awakening, 

a quickening of all man's faculties, 

and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.

Waiting for the spark from heaven to fall.

I have learned more from my mistakes than from my successes.

The barriers are not erected 

which can say to aspiring talents and industry, 

'Thus far and no farther.'

The truth is cruel, 

but it can be loved, 

and it makes free 

those who have loved it.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

Time is a great teacher, 

but unfortunately 

it kills all its pupils.

Find ecstasy in life; 

the mere sense of living is joy enough.

Mathematical science shows what is. 

It is the language of unseen relations between things. 

But to use and apply that language, 

we must be able fully to appreciate, 

to feel, 

to seize the unseen, 

the unconscious.

Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, 

to the ignominy of him that brought her birth.

Originality depends only on the character of the drawing 

and the vision peculiar to each artist.

Also, as I lay there thinking of my vision, 

I could see it all again 

and feel the meaning with a part of me 

like a strange power glowing in my body; 

but when the part of me that talks 

would try to make words for the meaning, 

it would be like fog 

and get away from me.

Do the things you know, 

and you shall learn the truth you need to know.