Inspired intellect must endure all kinds of ghastly education.

From today, painting is dead.

There is one thing more powerful than kings and all the soldiers in the world, and that is a visionary who has the courage to persevere.

To live passionately, we ought to be able to look once again at the people we once cared for deeply and painfully.

Look within. The heart is the foundation of virtue; and it is for eternity ready to do virtuous works.

Life is all about making choices, as in a game of chess. The moves from other side are predetermined against every move of yours. But with each move, you shift your destiny for better or worse.

But successful investors tend to be not too self-destructive. They tend to be patient, they tend not to follow the crowd, and they tend not to be too guilty about winning.

The idea of being a writer attracts a good many shiftless people, those who are merely burdened with poetic feelings or afflicted with sensibility.

Perfection is impossible without humility. Why should I strive for perfection, if I am already good enough?

There is no quality I would rather have, and be thought to have, than gratitude. For it is not only the greatest virtue, but is the mother of all the rest.

Don't ever squeeze a fighter's hand, man. You're doing good just to lay your eyes on me

A man who permits his honor to be taken, permits his life to be taken.

More and more Congressmen now stay in Washington all year-round because they can't stay at home under the laws they've passed.

Not everybody can do the comic book adaptation thing and make it believable. It is challenging.

What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings.