He who never hurries is always on time.

Is that vodka?" Margarita asked weakly. The cat jumped up in his seat with indignation. "I beg pardon, my queen," he rasped, "Would I ever allow myself to offer vodka to a lady? This is pure alcohol!

"We speak different languages, as usual," responded Woland, "but this does not change the things we speak about. Well?..."

Cowardice is the most terrible of vices.

Everything will turn out right, the world is built on that.

What would your good do if evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows disappeared?

You should never ask anyone for anything. Never- and especially from those who are more powerful than yourself.

he was coming to understand he could not come to rectify anything in his life, only forget.

Yes, man is mortal, but that would be only half the trouble. The worst of it is that he's sometimes unexpectedly mortal—there's the trick!

But what can be done, the one who loves must share the fate of the who is loved.

The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes—never!

Cutting people out of your life is easy, keeping them in is hard.

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.

To be precise and reckless: that is the consummation devoutly to be wished.

If all meanings could be adequately expressed by words, the arts of painting and music would not exist.

You and I are going to change the world.

Whitney Houston's voice was the very first voice I fell in love with. She was the voice that made me want to become a singer.

I think I'm in the majority of Americans. I believe that I am in the mainstream of middle America.

Living Life Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will never come again.

Virtually every spiritual tradition teaches that your higher self is the presence of God within you.

Like father, like son: every good tree maketh good fruits.