A man of spirit must not think of the word difficulty as so much as existing. Away with it!

The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism.

One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from them.

Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.

There exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of which men can be made to believe that something said on earth comes from Heaven.

Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity.

If there were only turnips and potatoes in the world, someone would complain that plants grow the wrong way.

Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our heads.

To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts.

Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.

He who understands the wise is wise already.

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.

I feel as though the cardboard box of my own reality has been flattened and blown open. Now I can see the edge of the world.

This is the idea that has made me...an anonymous figure in America...If you have children here tonight...they are NOT special.

I never want to be satisfied. I never want to be like, 'OK, this is good enough.' I always want to get to the next level and help the team improve.

It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.

I was a National-Socialist and I remain one...The Germany of today is no longer a great nation, it has become a province of Europe.

Once you create a loyal customer base, it's tough for a competitor to take that away.

And in reality, I don't think it's a real documentary. It's more a story of her life. It's a story of survival. It's a story of the time in which she lived. The story of success and failure.

We're living under the illusion that we have the power to determine what to do with it.

My mom did costumes for the Pointer Sisters.