There is an objective reality out there, but we view it through the spectacles of our beliefs, attitudes, and values.

Success requires enough optimism to provide hope and enough pessimism to prevent complacency.

Like pride, blind optimism may go before a fall.

Group interaction tends to amplify people's initial inclinations

Satisfaction isn't so much getting what you want as wanting what you have.

For those passionately in love, the whole world seems to smile.

My travels and everything that I do where travel has inspired and influenced not only the cooking that I do but also the restaurants that I create.

you are not a failure, belive that you can do what people think you can not do,

Look at you… You’re perfect.""Not… perfect.""Perfect to me…

The eyes were larger and gray and in a certain light looked soft, gentle, and even innocent. Then the light would change, the innocence would vanish, and the eyes looked like year-old ice.

What is it like to be so free - so trapped, but so free? What kind of bird sings only when caught? What kind of slave outshines and rises above her master?

A novelty in Polish filmmaking was that it was possible to find funds for a big production. However, at the same time, the state budget committed less and less money to filmmaking.

Guaranteed, full stop, nobody gets treated differently when it comes to the Justice Department, because nobody is above the law.

Those born blind cannot see; similarly blind are those in the grip of lust. Proud men have no perception of evil; and those bent on acquiring riches see no sin in their actions.

The mind sees the world as a thing apart, And the soul makes the world at one with itself. A mirror scratched reflects no image— And this is the silence of wisdom.

We can't be intimate because we can't share feelings that we don't have

If you're old enough, you're good enough