"A real work of art destroys, in the consciousness of the receiver, the separation between himself and the artist."

When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.

A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.

Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody thinks about changing himself.

Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins.

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life—becoming a better person.

Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.

Men pray to the Almighty to relieve poverty. But poverty comes not from God's laws-it is blasphemy of the worst kind to say that. Poverty comes from man's injustice to his fellow man.

Ah brother, things will be better now. I promise.” Ronan... "Vital Perception

I want to thank everybody who made this day necessary.

I don't return anybody's calls unless it's going to mean extra money for me. And I've completely cut off all relationships with any friends that I had before the show. And I've copped an attitude.

I treated as few patients as I could as a medical student, and I never practiced medicine.

When you're young and dating someone, just play it safe and don't try so hard.

Defeat is worse than death because you live with defeat.

It's rare when I feel like I can extract a lyrical message out of combining two things together.

People photograph everything and nothing - no interaction is deemed to have actually happened unless somebody has a picture of it.

The most damaging forms of intolerance are connected with religious, racial and political differences of opinion.

There was a time in American history when almost every white person knew who Aretha Franklin was.