The "silly" question is the first intimation of some totally new development

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

...the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.

Perhaps the so-called civilized world was a great noisy burden beneath all its wonders, and it was a relief to let go of it for a while.

Whatever others may say, they say it to deceive and comfort themselves, not help you.

She wanted to be the rain, to cover him with moisture, to bring life to his seed.

There are many wounded hearts here. Many! Some admit. Others - the stubborn ones, scribble poetry instead.

I shot through my twenties like a luminous thread through a dark needle, blazing toward my destination: Nowhere.

The accent today is on results, not on how well you work. You can't build a skyscraper in a day, but you can build a shack.

Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.

When you've learned to laugh at the things that should be laughed at, and not to laugh at those that shouldn't, you've got wisdom and understanding. -Aunt Jimsie

I'm at peace with myself. My film just may please audiences. At any rate, it's already a great prize to be part of just 16 films among all of the world cinema out there. I'm tranquil and satisfied.

When that theory is isolated from known facts, it is likely not to be productive.