In philosophy it is not the attainment of the goal that matters it is the things that are met with by the way.

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great.

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.

If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each other's nature with mutual sympathy, and to become capable of genuine comradeship, the foundation must be laid in youth.

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.

Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm.

Still, whether we like it or not, the task of speeding up the decrease of the human population becomes increasingly urgent.

I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians, a fallen angel in the darkness who is perpetually seeking to fight his way back to happiness.

I could’ve sworn I was telling the truth when I told you I didn’t miss you.

The eagle only knows how high it can fly when it spreads its wings.

Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion.

Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.

The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude.

Violence comes in many forms and can be particularly disturbing when confronted in an educational setting if handled dismissively or in ways that blame victims.

I wasn't bad at school, but I was never a bookworm.

Teach girls to read and to work at something where they can bring home money - and the entire balance of power shifts.

There is nothing that exists that has only one side. Even a piece of paper, thin as it is, has two sides.

The ACLU sues no matter what public property a religious symbol is placed on.