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“Maxims are like lawyers who must need to see but one side of the case.”
Source : Gelett Burgess (1916). “The Romance of the Commonplace”
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“At the stair-foot Hephaistion was waiting. He happened to be there, as he happened to have a ball handy if Alexander wanted a game, or water if he was thirsty; not by calculation, but in a constant awareness by which no smallest trifle was missed. Now, when he came down the stairs with a shut mouth and blue lines under his eyes, Hephaistion received some mute signal he understood, and fell into step beside him.”
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“What matters Death, if Freedom be not dead? No flags are fair, if Freedom's flag be furled. Who fights for Freedom, goes with joyful tread To meet the fires of Hell against him hurled.”
Source : Joyce Kilmer (1968). “Joyce Kilmer: Memoir and poems”
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“Some people are scared of dying. Never be afraid to die. Because you're born to die.”
Source : "World's oldest man dies at 114" by David Batty, www.theguardian.com. April 14, 2011. 
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“For most people to be happy, there has to be a person, place, or thing involved in their happiness. In true happiness, there are no things involved. It's a natural state. You will abide in that state forever.”
Source : "The Ultimate Happiness". Inner Directions Journal Interview, ru.scribd.com. 1995.
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“When I was a kid, a book I read advised young artist to be themselves. That decided it for me. I was a corny kind of guy, so I went in for corn.”
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“There are weapons that are simply thoughts. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.”
Source : The Twilight Zone (television show), 4 Mar. 1960
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“A small garden, accordingly, gives its owner a far greater opportunity to express himself ... in a garden any man may be an artist, may experiment with all the subtleties or simplicities of line, mass, color, and composition, and taste the god-like joys of the creator.”
