Afraid of decision, I buried my finer feelings in the depths of my heart and they died there.

Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.

I was ready to love the whole world, but no one understood me, and I learned to hate.

An unusual beginning must have an unusual end.

He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace.

Women love only those whom they do not know!

We almost always forgive those we understand.

What is this eternity to me without you? What is the infinity of my domains? Empty ringing words, A spacious temple - without a divinity!

I was born, so that the whole world could be a spectatorOf my triumph or my doom.

In the first place, [his eyes] never laughed when he laughed. Have you ever noticed this peculiarity some people have? It is either the sign of an evil nature or of a profound and lasting sorrow.

If only people thought a little more about it, they would see that life is not worrying about so much.

Love is the heartbeat of life.

Idolatry is always subject to the law of diminishing returns.

When an American asks for the cooperation of his fellow citizens, it is seldom refused; and I have often seen it afforded spontaneously and with great good will.

No more hard work than look beautiful with eight in the morning until midnight.

The most fruitful and the most joy-filled Christians are the most pruned Christians.

In every feeling, look deeply. Explore without ceasing. At bottom, love is.

The free person does not live by an unexamined faith. To do so is to worship an idol whittled out and made into a fetish.

I don't remember that I copied any guitar player note-for-note. But I remember copying Charlie Parker note for note.

Pain is something that's common to human life. When we ignore it, we aren't engaging in the whole reality, and the pain begins to fester.

Anything lower than mid-six figures is not going to get me interested in that. And honestly, I just don't want to.