The reading of a fine book is an uninterrupted dialogue in which the book speaks and our soul replies.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

Everybody uses mime and gesture in real life, though we don't realize it. It's very useful as a performance technique, though it can be boring to watch on its own.

Masters of the bluff and masters of the proposition, but the enemy I see wears a cloak of decency.

I grew up in Seattle, but I always knew I wanted to leave.

The artist must try to raise the level of taste of the masses, not debase himself to the level of unformed and impoverished taste.

Let him avoid ,the acquisition of wealth and ,the gratification of his desires, if they are opposed to the sacred law, and even lawful acts which may cause pain in the future or are offensive to men.

Life is full of many minor annoyances, and few matters of real consequence.

Every piece of legislation which came to my desk in the coming years as the governor, I came down on the side of preserving the sanctity of life.

If you want to kill somebody, conquer his heart, Then leave slowly and leave them between death and madness.

The ego of man and woman is the soul. If the soul is independent, how then can it be isolated from the infinite whole?

Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.