All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

Live each day as if your life had just begun.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.

Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.

If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

I see again my schoolroom in Vyra, the blue roses of the wallpaper, the open window.… Everything is as it should be, nothing will ever change, nobody will ever die.

Memory, when it juts, retreats, recovers, shows us how to hold the darkness, how to breathe.

Every true man sir who is a little above the level of the beasts and plants lives so as to give a meaning and a value to his own life.

History, like wallpaper, repeats itself and can also make a room look old-fashioned.

I think wardrobe is a really important part of making a movie and developing the character.

Without a notion of the transcendental, human beings would, indeed, be animals; however, only fools can be convinced of it, and only degenerates need such a conviction.

One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.

Society is constantly recalibrating, redefining what it considers to be moral and immoral.

Every artist is different - the pop mentality is different than bands for me, because I'm playing a lot of the instruments.

We are communal beings who love to get together in groups and share emotions - like sporting events, rock concerts and political rallies. We crave tribal membership.