Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much.

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.

If I can give you one strong piece of advice, when you go away for that romantic weekend, whatever you do, do not accept or take the upgrade to the honeymoon suite.

As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.

I want to look my best for God. So many people have the attitude that if you’re a Christian you’ve got to dress bad, wear an old color, not do anything to your hair, have nothing. It’s no wonder that Christianity is not very attractive. I mean, how many people do you know in a Western culture that’s going to go, ‚Yeah, give me some of that?‘

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.

A wet spot on the floor kind of put a scare in myself, so you never know inside those lines what might happen.

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.

Though men determine, the gods doo dispose: and oft times many things fall out betweene the cup and the lip.

Dignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some people imagine.

It’s annoying, but justice and equality are mates. Aren’t they? Justice always wants to hang out with equality. And equality is a real pain.

I’m a bookworm. I know with my physical appearance that I don’t look like the typical reader. I’m in Barnes & Noble all the time, and you can look at people that look like they are supposed to be in there. I am in there, pants sagging, hat backwards.

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.

It’s important that we attempt to extend life beyond Earth now. It is the first time in the four billion-year history of Earth that it’s been possible, and that window could be open for a long time – hopefully it is – or it could be open for a short time. We should err on the side of caution and do something now.

It is easy to be beautiful; it is difficult to appear so.

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

You’d be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap!

The incomparable greatness of the religions of the East lies in their having been second to none in vibrating with the passion for unity. This note, which is essential to every form of mysticism, has even penetrated them so deeply that we find ourselves falling under a spell simply by uttering the names of their Gods.

Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I’ll show you a poorly uniformed leader.

Well, I’m in my 60s now. I finally look it, I think. People until I was 60 would always say they thought I looked younger, which I think, without flattering myself, I did, but I think I certainly have, as George Orwell says people do after a certain age, the face they deserve.

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

No one knows who is listening, say nothing you would not wish put in the newspapers.

We run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us to prevent us seeing it.

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

Many people have been getting too casual about climbing Everest. I forecast a disaster many times.

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger.

There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are – more humane.

Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way – everything is interdependent, not absolute. So that view is very helpful to maintain a peace of mind because the main destroyer of a peaceful mind is anger.

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.

I am not handsome or sexy. Of course, it’s not like I am hopeless.

The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.

We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

I don’t care if you get up in the morning and don’t wash, don’t put any make-up on, don’t do your hair, even, but you have to have clothes if you want to look different.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

Please think of me like an endangered species and just observe me quietly from far away. If you try to talk to me or touch me casually, I may get intimidated and bite you. So please be careful.

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.

You don’t carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation.

No one is so miserable as the poor person who maintains the appearance of wealth.

Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

I didn’t like the way I looked in pictures – when I saw myself on a digital camera, I was like, ‚Eesh.‘

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

You say that you are my judge; I do not know if you are; but take good heed not to judge me ill, because you would put yourself in great peril.

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf.

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

The difference between a stranger sending you a message that you might be interested in at a very low volume level, no repetition, just sending it to very few people, and that being done as spam – those things get close enough that you want to be careful never to filter out something that’s legitimate.

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.

I’m trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It’s so easy to get turned.