Surely there comes a time when counting the cost and paying the price aren't things to think about any more. All that matters is value - the ultimate value of what one does.

If you forgive people enough you belong to them, and they to you, whether either person likes it or not squatter's rights of the heart.

Is there not too much tension in the world at present, and might it not be better if more people were slackers?

if we have not found the heaven within,we have not found the heaven without

The right mixture of caring and not caring - I suppose that's what love is.

People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little.

There's only one thing more important... and that is, after you've done what you set out to do, to feel that it's been worth doing.

Laziness in doing stupid things can be a great virtue.

And I believe that the Binomial Theorem and a Bach Fugue are, in the long run, more important than all the battles of history.

We believe that to govern perfectly it is necessary to avoid governing too much.

There are times in life when the most comfortable thing is to do nothing at all. Things happen to you and you just let them happen.

it's a rare day when she speaks in anything but platitudes--all those exhausted phrases and hand-me-down ideas that cram the dump sites of contemporary wisdom

Create or attract through focused desire the things you wish for in life.

Romania will not be able to evolve if it continues to take cruel decisions against sensitive creatures, which are under the protection of European law.

It's hard to be married to me, and it was a lot harder when I was younger!

I don't know if there is some psychological thing of wanting to know where your doctor got his degree from before he comes into the medical room.

The Friday Night Knitting Club

It is always the teacher who must learn the most... or else nothing real has happened in the exchange.

The provisions of Christ's gospel appear mean and scanty to the world, yet they satisfy all that feed on him in their hearts by faith with thanksgiving.

It is a hard matter, my fellow citizens, to argue with the belly, since it has no ears.

When you look at any of my films you will immediately be able to tell this is a [Werner] Herzog film. Even if you didn't have any credits, in two minutes flat you would know.