Man is free if he needs to obey no person but solely the laws.

— Immanuel Kant

Nothing human is alien to me.

— Terentius

A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.

— William Faulkner

If you think you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.

— - Cowboy Wisdom

To a clear eye the smallest fact is a window through which the infinite may be seen.

— Thomas Henry Huxley

Don’t strive to make your presence noticed, make your absence felt.

— Anonymous

He who has a why can endure any how.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

To see is to forget the name of the thing one sees.

— Paul Valéry

A man’s accusations of himself are always believed; his praises never.

— Michel de Montaigne