The smile was so painfully swift and fleeting that it was like the flash of a knife.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

do not misunderstand person by beauty You really do not know its real or Mask on dirty thoughts

So do not waste my time. It is the most precious thing I have, time. It is the most precious thing any of us have.

The Odyssey is the story of motion both purposeful and purposeless, successful and futile. What else is the history of law?

Moonlight is sculpture.

We are defined and controlled by all that we have not transcended.

Different races never fazed me because coming from Bethnal Green, I'd been around people of different races forever. Different class? That was much harder.

if everyone could just be happy with themselves and the choices people around them make, the world would instantly be a better place!

I have to come to terms with the paternalism of American business. Companies are expected to take on so many social responsibilities which are the province of the state in Europe.

I love to see honest and honorable men at the helm, men who will not bend their politics to their purses, nor pursue measures by which they may profit, and then profit by their measures.

I act and perform in hopes of getting attention and admiration.