Children are the only bold philosophers. And bold philosophers are invariably children.

But you can't plead with autumn. No. The midnight wind stalked through the woods, hooted to frighten you, swept everything away for the approaching winter, whirled the leaves. ("The North")

The only means of ridding man of crime is ridding him of freedom.

The most agonising thing is to drop doubt into a man about his being a reality, three-dimensional - and not some other kind of reality.

You are afraid of it because it is stronger than you you hate it because you are afraid of it you love it because you cannot subdue it to your will. Only the unsubduable can be loved.

A man is like a novel: until the very last page you don't know how it will end. Otherwise it wouldn't even be worth reading.

Happiness without freedom, or freedom without happiness. There was no third alternative.

knowledge, absolutely sure of its infallibility, is faith

If human foolishness had been as carefully nurtured and cultivated as intelligence has been for centuries, perhaps it would have turned into something extremely precious.

You can only love something that refuses to be mastered.

Let my notes, like the most sensitive seismograph, record the curve of even the most insignificant vibrations of my brain: for it is precisely such vibrations that are sometimes the forewarning of...

Beggar that I am I am even poor in thanks.

Much public thinking follows a rut. The same thing is true in science. People get stuck and don't look in other directions.

Directors go their whole career without being able to tell personal stories and to work with a cast as talented as they are.

But Barack Obama is not a person who would defend the rights and heritage of the European-American people.

I'd rather do theater and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films.

You have a right to your opinion about the work that you're doing. An artist is as equally important as the director. If you believe that, you can work in any circumstances.

Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.

The busier you get, the more you get done.

If you make time each month to give your money some attention, you'll start the next year in fabulous financial shape.

A woman's best qualities are harmful if undiluted with prudence.