To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change.

There is no way to penetrate the surface of life but by attacking it earnestly at a particular point.

A strange and somewhat impassive physiognomy is often, perhaps, an advantage to an orator, or leader of any sort, because it helps to fix the eye and fascinate the mind.

One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.

Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God.

An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.

The imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society.

As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it.

Form the habit of making decisions when your spirit is fresh...to let dark moods lead is like choosing cowards to command armies.

Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom.

The need to exert power, when thwarted in the open fields of life, is the more likely to assert itself in trifles.

Crazy by definition isKnowing that true sanity isA figment of the educated mind

You have been gifted the Blood Diamond and are surrounded by all that is good. You will not fail as long as you believe.” Analea

Having a me-too brand is a death sentence.

The Devil can quote scripture, after all. And monsters can say "please" and "thank you" same as any mother's son.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

Only by you my heart always moves.

Where I grew up has had a huge influence on me. It's a place where there aren't many people and there's lots of sky.

Suffering must be the inevitable tariff exacted from spirit for residing in human form.

Spirituality and the secular world are not that far apart.

When I die, the last thing I want to see is the six that Dhoni hit in the 2011 World Cup final.