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
