Robertson Davies

"A life without beauty is a deprivation of the senses."

"The most important work you will ever do is the work you do on yourself."

"A person's dreams are not luxuries; they are necessities."

"The greatest education comes not from books, but from experience."

"A truth universally acknowledged is often a truth universally misunderstood."

"The power of kindness is the power to change the world."

"The eye that sees is the eye that understands"

"The world breaks everyone, but some become strong in the broken places"

"We are dying from cynicism and despair, and we need the eggs of hope"

"A man of talent owes a debt to his country"

"The great secret of success is to work, to work with all your might and all your soul"

"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today"

"Reading is the most accessible form of time travel"

"The truth is like a lion; it does not need to be defended, let it loose"

"We are longing for the past before we know what it will become"

"Many people die with their music still in them"

"Imagination is the first faculty of human existence"

"A happy man marries for love, but an unhappy man marries because he must"

"The pleasure of sudden understanding is the only happiness worth anything"

"We are all God's children trying to find our way home"

"Art must speak truth, or it is merely decoration"

"History is where you discover that you yourself are not insane"

"Solitude is the salt of life; yet we do not like to remain long at table with it"

"The only peace is truth"

"Know who you are and be that person"

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire"

"We are living in an age of willfulness, and we must deal with it"

"The pursuit of perfection is dangerous"

"Love is the outreaching of the soul to another soul"

"Beware of the man who has nothing left to lose"