Who would care to question the ground of forgiveness or compassion?

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

The air of the New World seems favorable to the art of declamation.

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness

If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything .

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

One should never give up on hope. Unless that's the name of the girl who cheated on you in which case, yeah, give her up.

The better the school library, the higher the reading scores.

I wonder where a guy, an everyday Joe like myself can find a little action.

When my daughter was younger we showed her all the great musicals. And the great dramas and great comedies, and the one that she took to the most was Some Like It Hot.

Nobody ever swung a club too slowly.

The way we live ought to manifest the truth of what we believe. A messy life speaks of a messy and incoherent faith.

The root of all difficulties is a lack of the sense of the Presence of God.

I refused from the beginning to restrict myself to any sort of lifestyle.

Looking for perfection is the only way to motivate yourself.

Creative expression requires an ability to work with feelings and channel them. Frustration, dissatisfaction, and even a sense of desperation may help you access an eloquence you never knew existed.