[Great artists] do not copy what they see, but what they desire.

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.

Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.

Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!

The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.

Yes I have loved, as no one on earth ever loved, with an insensate and furious love, so violent that I wonder it did not break my heart

The cat makes himself the companion of your hours of solitude, melancholy and toil.

The most fitting occupation for a civilized man is to do nothing.

Modesty was made for the ugly.

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

When our theories continually move us into more and more complicated explanations then, it is certain that we are moving in the wrong direction.

We need to see our collective mind as the vehicle that will take us to the destiny of our dreams

Only very few people can remain unruffled by trouble.

I spent most of my adult life in relationships some good, some bad. It took years for me to realize that I was the common denominator in all of these relationships and I needed to love me first.

Every writer at the New Yorker is smarter than me.

Historically, the responsibility for voting on the debt limit has gone to the party in the majority.

If someone wants to be a part of your life, they’ll be there. So don’t bother saving a spot for someone who won’t make an effort to stay.

The utter helplessness of a conquered people is perhaps the most tragic feature of a civil war or any other sort of war.

Without birth or death, eternal, ever-existing, free, unchangeable and beyond all conditions is this Soul of man - the real Self of Man - the Atman.

What I like about Hollywood is that one can get along by knowing two words of English -- SWELL and LOUSY.