A benefit of friendship is knowing whom to tell secrets to.

Bullies, oppressors and all men who do violence to the rights of others are guilty not only of their own crimes, but also of the corruption they bring into the hearts of their victims.

Music does not express any idea, but it gives rise to thousands.

I would really like, in fact, to be born again in another two hundred years' time.

Certainly the heart has always something to tell about the future to those who listen to it. But what does the heart know? Scarce a little of what has already happened.

When a friend, then, indulges in the joy unburdening a secret on to another friend's bosom, he makes the latter, in his turn, feel the urge to taste the same joy himself.

One the advantages about this life is that you can hate someone without knowing him

God tests, but he does not tempt.

California must be all American or all Chinese. We are resolved that it shall be American, and are prepared to make it so. May we not rely upon your sympathy and assistance?

If our history has taught us anything, it is that action for change directed against the external conditions of our oppressions is not enough.

I started writing stories when I was 9 or 10. I wrote my first screenplay-type document when I was 14.

The truths we conceal don't disappear Raheen, they appear in different forms

Love. I love you. I’ll always love you, my love. You are the love of my life.

People say, Why dont you just paint with paintbrushes? I say that I feel more connected to my painting using my skin. Its very tribal in a way - savage!

I do not rule Russia: ten thousand clerks do.

I grew up in the prolonged survival of the great age of the horse, with harness and saddle and sleigh bells and horse pictures, not as antiques but the facts of our lives.

[Nikola Tesla and Leon Theremin] were European gentlemen, very well-mannered, all of the stuff you associate with living in Europe.