A thought that is almost beautiful – a thought that you speak not, but that you cherish within you at this moment, will irradiate you as though you were a transparent vase.

Thousands of channels there are through which the beauty of your soul may sail even unto our thoughts. Above all is there the wonderful, central channel of love.

As gold and silver are weighed in pure water, so does the soul test its weight in silence, and the words that we let fall have no meaning apart from the silence that wraps them round.

We all live in the sublime. Where else can we live? That is the only place of life.

To learn to love, one must first learn to see.

Death truly does have life, and walks with and lives through us everyday.

You like him, Rose. Why don't you just admit that, at least to me?

Be careful. He uses that line on all the girls.

I am not yet ready to be Tsar. I know nothing of the business of ruling.

First of all, Saddam did not win the war, even though he says he did, I mean, you know, that's a joke and everybody in the world knows it.

I write every moment that is humanly possible. I write every day and every night. The only discipline I lack is the discipline is to quit.

It's better to ask forgiveness than permission. - Brom

We live in a time today where we face fierce global competition.

October was always the least dependable of months ... full of ghosts and shadows.

I mean, the 1930s are the birth moment of modern public sector, government-driven infrastructure spending.