Many books are longer than they seem. They have indeed no end. The boredom that they cause is truly absolute and infinite.

Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us.

Humanity is the higher meaning of our planet, the nerve that connects this part of it with the upper world, the eye it raises to heaven.

Humanity is a comic role.

The artist stands on the human being as a statue does on a pedestal.

One thing is needful and that is converting your time into fulfilling your purpose on the earth.

What does spirituality, money and happiness have in common? Everything.

You build a thing of beauty, and then the peasants storm the castle, hooting and chanting and calling you a heretic.

Being the best is rarely within our reach. Doing our best is always within our reach.

An ordinary man gets arrogant with beauty, conceited with knowledge and ruthless with power.

I'm a good shot and I love guns - I own several.

I like sharing stuff with people. I feel like it's kind of at their own discretion, you can see too much if you want to see too much.

I think that nobody - certainly in this world - can say that they don't have the human denial element about them or fear or whatever it is as juxtaposed with faith and hope and freedom and love.

Men have the power of thinking that they may avoid sin.