We cannot leave the expression of our lives to those better qualified than we are, however dear they may be.

Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet never really meet; and two others at first speech are old friends.

There are half hours that dilate to the importance of centuries.

There is no robbery so terrible as the robbery committed by those who think they are doing right.

The stoicism that comes of endurance has something of death in it.

There should be a colossal mother going about the world to turn men over her lap and give them the slipper. They pine for it.

To see men admitting that you are what you believe yourself to be, is one of the triumphs of existence.

What we suffer for is enriched by our suffering until it becomes priceless.

Nature protects us in our uttermost losses by a density through which conviction is slow to penetrate.

People incline to doubt the superiority of a person who will associate with them.

One meets and wakes you to vivid life in an immortal hour. Thousands could not do it through eternity.

The most judgmental people are often those who complain most about being judged. The ones not complaining will look as though they're the ones doing the judging.

Let's make our own way, ' says the Mother, 'and not in this boat.

If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.

The true measure of our belief in the validity of our values is our willingness to act upon them.

I think an art collection is a lot like a diary. Your taste evolves with time. I try to never sell anything, because its part of my journey.

Hollywood's old trick: repeat a successful formula until it dies.

Keep painting your demons.

The magnanimity and sensibility of a lady who faints when she sees a calf being killed: she is so kindhearted that she can't look at blood, but enjoys eating the calf served up with sauce.

Family life! The United Nations is child's play compared to the tugs and splits and need to understand and forgive in any family.

At the root of all this is purity. Where there is purity there love grows. When purity and love come together, there is bliss.