Never shall I recollect the occasion he gave me of displeasure, without feeling it renewed.

Insensibility, of all kinds, and on all occasions, most moves my imperial displeasure

I am ashamed of confessing that I have nothing to confess.

Travelling is the ruin of all happiness. There's no looking at a building here after seeing Italy.

But if the young are never tired of erring in conduct, neither are the older in erring of judgment.

Credulity is the sister of innocence.

I wish the opera was every night. It is, of all entertainments, the sweetest and most delightful. Some of the songs seemed to melt my very soul.

to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.

Nothing is so delicate as the reputation of a woman; it is at once the most beautiful and most brittle of all human things.

A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.

I cannot sleep - great joy is as restless as sorrow.

The river was so blue it seemed to be breathing.

I work on a political subject quite often, and the paintings, for me, are not finished until they're printed.

Ich glaube sogar, durch Leidensk a« mpfe k o« nnten dieTiere zu Menschen werden. I believe that by suffering even animals could be made human.

This crowd is letting Kurt know that he sucks. Just in case he had forgotten.

When you create something you're free to explore it however you want to do it.

Force that the performance of duty naturally generates is the non-violent and invincible force that satyagraha brings into being.

My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software companies are poised to take over large swathes of the economy

All things are complete within ourselves.

I could not work for a long time. I don't spend very much money. Basically I spend money on food and DVDs.

If you wish to converse with me, define your terms.