43 quotes
American novelist (1891–1980)
“We create our fate every day we live.”
"Every man has his own destiny the only imperative is to follow it to accept it no matter where it leads him."
on Life
"Everyone has his own reality in which, if one is not too cautious, timid or frightened, one swims. This is the only reality there is."
on Philosophy
"The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love."
on Love
"Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. The other eight are unimportant."
on Humor
"Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such."
on Perception
"All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience."
"The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way."
on Leadership
"Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is that. He dared to imagine everything."
on Imagination
"The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts."
on Art
"In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance."
on Wisdom
"Example moves the world more than doctrine."
"If there is to be any peace it will come through being not having."
on Peace
"The only peace the only security is in fulfillment."
"Like ships men flounder time and time again."
"We create our fate every day ... most of the ills we suffer from are directly traceable to our own behavior."
"The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough of is love."
"Life as it is called is for most of us one long postponement."
on Time
"The ordinary man is involved in action the hero acts. An immense difference."
"One of the reasons why so few of us ever act instead of react is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses."
"Destiny is what you are supposed to do in life. Fate is what kicks you in the ass to make you do it."
