The real "opium of the people", distracting men's minds from their essential task, is the communist myth of an earthly paradise.

The most dangerous tendency of the modern world is the way in which bogus theories are given the force of dogma.

I don’t mind my friends calling me 'Thornes, ' but the fact of people calling me 'Prickly Thornes' draws the line.

this was not the end of the world, actually it was the world.

We are always in the process of becoming. Self-identity is a fusion of our prior decisions and our current thoughts.

Dreams be the speech of thy soul. Listen.

Dickens is a very underrated writer at the moment. Everyone in his time admired him but I think right now he's not spoken of enough.

Share weight and woe, for misfortune falls with double force on him that stands alone.

Box-office poison? Mr. Louis B. Mayer always asserted that the studio had built Stage 22, Stage 24 and the Irving Thalberg Building, brick by brick, from the income on my pictures.

It takes a lot of physical and spiritual energy to balance on one wheel. Seen?

The pope-and we know this well-is without doubt the most serious obstacle on the ecumenical road.

He's right on top of us. I wonder if he is using the same wind we are using.