Stars do not pull each other down to be more visible

Battling through poverty was not my forte, and I didn't have the inkling of eluding them.

The central movement of the mind is the desire for unrestricted liberty and (...) this movement is invariably accompanied by its opposite, a dread of the consequences of liberty.

Do not plan to die, do not plan for the death of your name or your influence - rather, plan for the resting of a life well lived. Make an eternal mark.

I knew, regardless of anything else, singing in front of an orchestra was going to be inspirational. It would feed me.

Love is a collection of moments where you were really there with somebody. A child, a lover, a friend, yourself.

I've never really been wanted.

In short, competition has to shoulder the responsibility of explaining all the meaningless ideas of the economists, whereas it should rather be the economists who explain competition.

God invented forgiving as a remedy for a past that not even he could change and not even he could forget. His way of forgiving is the model for our forgiving.

Night is a very good and very close friend of a writer!

I don't know who took what. That is pretty private with an individual.