"A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone."

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.

Loneliness is a lifelong companion, an established fact. Instead of denying it, fighting it, and avoiding it needlessly, you’d better accept it, let it protect you from going home in the crowd, and let it accompany you to breakfast on Saturday morning and tidy up the sunshine.

Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.