I am now and have always been a stranger to the realm of practical matters.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.

Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.

Everything on earth is beautiful, everything -- except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.

The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.

People should be beautiful in every way - in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.

Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.

When God blesses you with great opportunities in life

Flattery makes friends truth enemies.

The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I'd make the same mistakes only sooner.

When you pursue significance, success can find you.

God has not given us the spirit of fear. That comes from the adversary.

As for me, I'm just passin' through this planet.

It's very hard to imagine the phrase "consumer society" used so cheerfully, and interpreted so enthusiastically, in England.

I am particular about the seating of the audience - also about how much money they pay - but most of all where they are seated. If I am going to sing something intimate, who am I going to sing it to?

There will never cease to be ferment in the world unless people are sure of their food.

The meeting of writer and reader is an intimate act, and it properly takes place in private.