Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.

Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.

Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.

I do not love men: I love what devours them.

God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.

The literature of America should reflect the children of America.

Veins of ivy scale stones, find footholds butthe caretaker cuts earth short, peels creepers from Cotswold rock and props the deadhead to head so they won’ttopple like drunkson their moss-soft shadows.

I don't believe in war, I believe in the principle of deterrence.

Audiences are always better pleased with a smart retort, some joke or epigram, than with any amount of reasoning.

One of the greatest gifts we receive from dogs is the tenderness they evoke in us

I have a lot of screenwriter friends and many of them have had an experience where they aren't even welcome on set during production.

What is truth? I don't know and I'm sorry I brought it up.

Christ never asks us to give up merely for the sake of giving up, but always in order to win something better.

I am told that the first comprehensible word I uttered as a child was 'home.

When one is frank, one's very presence is a compliment.