All the known world excepting only savage nations is governed by books.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

Can we ever see the truth when desire blinds us? Or do we call it the truth because it is what we wish to see?

Poetry is another name for a person’s telling of the self, existence and what is beyond, and one’s own perceptions.

Don't be discourage by your problems.Let your passion and dreams inspired you to keep moving forward.

You are corrupting me, Theo. But you like being corrupted, don't you, sweet girl?

I don't have to have faith, I have experience.

Certainly I find it most interesting to play a role that I can invent from nothing.

I think that life is a friggin' magic carpet ride - it's amazing. Everything about life is mysterious and beautiful and touching and tragic and lovely and mystical.

One of the great gifts of being a human being is that you can get rid of yourself and enter into the oneness of music.

I drew because words were too unpredictable. (5)

How come you don't work fourteen hours a day? Your great-great-grandparents did. How come you only work the eight-hour day? Four guys got hanged fighting for the eight-hour day for you.