...fiction is as useful as truth, for giving us matter, upon which to exercise the judgment of value.

....it seems to me that a pleasurable Contemplation of Beauty has certainly an immeasurably greater value than mere Consciousness of Pleasure.

...if good is defined as something else, it is then impossible either to prove that any other definition is wrong or even to deny such definition.

Good, then, is indefinable....

For it is the business of Ethics, I must insist, not only to obtain true results, but also to find valid reasons for them.

The strength within you, divine soul, can survive any situation.

It was not the thorn bending to the honeysuckles, but the honeysuckles embracing the thorn.

To design a desk which may cost $1,000 is easy for a furniture designer but to design a functional and good desk which shall cost only $50 can only be done by the very best

I urge you to be bold. Life isn't changed from the balcony. Get onto the floor and dance, dance, dance.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.

The heart of man is "deceitful and desperately wicked."

True power does not need arrogance, a long beard and a barking voice. True power strangles you with silk ribbons, charm and intelligence.

Losing a son, losing a daughter, a brother, a sister, losing a close friend - it can go beyond grief to isolation and feeling despair.

You can search the world over, but you won’t find happiness until you realize that happiness isn’t getting what you want. It’s being content with what you already have.

I personally like a little rehearsal, not if I'm gonna have a super emotional scene you wanna have it be a fresh thing.