We have fewer friends than we imagine, but more than we know.

First to become capable of love, then to learn that body and spirit are one.

Nothing becomes reality in the political life of a nation that was not present in its literature as spirit.

Where is your Self to be found? Always in the deepest enchantment that you have experienced.

Depth must be hidden. Where? On the surface.

Words performed through music can express what language alone had exhausted

Reality lies in the greatest enchantment you have ever experienced.

To grow mature is to separate more distinctly, to connect more closely.

Knowledge is little; to know the right context is much; to know the right spot is everything.

The most dangerous of our impulses reign in ourselves against ourselves. To dissolve them is a creative act.

How we feel is how we want to be heard.

Without taking the risk of falling, no one can learn how to walk.

Men are most virile and attractive between the ages of 35 and 55. Under 35 a man has too much to learn, and I don't have time to teach him.

It is autumn; not without But within me is the cold. Youth and spring are all about; It is I that have grown old.

You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it.

Our thoughts are unseen hands shaping the people we meet. Whatever we truly think them to be, that's what they'll become for us.

Always the same thing.

I don't want my daughter to be educated. I think women should just be decorative.

People read fiction for emotion-not information

If you deny the reality of your body or your life, you'll never be able to dress any of it well - even the parts you love. You have to see it all to work with any of it.

I'm not one for a lot of media attention.