passion of any sort is seldom governed by the rules of etiquette.

Civilization itself is housed in the human being.

[Race] had no substance, like a shadowy shape that terrifies in the dark but vanishes by the light of day.

In the end countries, like people, are alone, and the real things that must be done have to be done without help.

choice in any sphere is a peril, the basic division of peoples is of those who believe in choice and those who mistrust it.

الكتابة مثل الشعوذة : لايكفي إخراج أرنب من القبعة ، بل يجب عمل ذلك بأناقة وطريقة ممتعة

Reality is infinitely diverse, compared with even the subtlest conclusions of abstract thought, and does not allow of clear-cut and sweeping distinctions. Reality resists classification.

As long as I have my feet, I can dance; you know what Im saying?

Everyone except gamblers knows that gambling never pays. ... Losing, like winning, only increased his determination to play.

Maybe I'll have something out by Christmas, maybe not. I don't know, I'm really trying to take my time and do what feels right. (about the next step in her music career)

Fortunately, there is a sane equilibrium in the character of nations, as there is in that of men.

Now we say there's, well, another place in the world-there's India. Wonderful place - except for its people.

The goal of the operation is to send Gaza back to the Middle Ages, only then will Israel be calm for the next 40 years.

Well Kerry, you're 19 and you're a lot older than a lot of people younger than yourself.

Want and wealth equally harden the human heart, as frost and fire are both alien to the human flesh. Famine and gluttony alike drive away nature from the heart of man.