Man is a passion which brings a will into play which works an intelligence.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

Concentrate more on your achievements than your failures. Learn to take the failures as opportunities to rectify your errors.

I don't tell the truth any more to those who can't make use of it. I tell it mostly to myself because it always changes me.

Thanksgiving is the day you don't know if you're invited for dinner or an intervention either way is going to be an ambush.

Near the lake where drooped the willow, Long time ago!

The new moon rode high in the crown of the metropolis. Shinin', like "Who on top of this?

I have been in competitions for commissions. I've won most and lost some. Mostly, I've won.

When I wake up in the morning, I think about Syria.

To listen with empathy is the most important human skill.

If you find an idea without form, please let me know because I would love to take a picture of it.