A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.

There are no atheists in the foxhole.

If you don’t have any results to show for all your passing time, then you must have been trivializing time and you must have been living your life carelessly.

Live in a dignified way with nobility, pride, strength, and kindness.

We live a moment at a time and this is unique.

I have great respect and understanding for military commitment due to my own family's involvement with the armed forces.

I literally believe in the possibility of a Sudhanva smiling away whilst he was being drowned in boiling oil.

An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.

The way a man looks at himself in a mirror will tell you if he can ever care about anyone else.

Choice is destiny's soul mate.

I don't love the years going by. I'd just as soon stay forty-five. But it's OK because I feel a whole lot better than I did at thirty-five.