An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.

There is no way to penetrate the surface of life but by attacking it earnestly at a particular point.

A strange and somewhat impassive physiognomy is often, perhaps, an advantage to an orator, or leader of any sort, because it helps to fix the eye and fascinate the mind.

One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.

Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God.

The imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society.

As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it.

To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change.

Form the habit of making decisions when your spirit is fresh...to let dark moods lead is like choosing cowards to command armies.

Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom.

The need to exert power, when thwarted in the open fields of life, is the more likely to assert itself in trifles.

Dreams come from that special place in our mind where our soul loves to spend its holidays.

It is the nature of human that we tend to pass our pain along. As if we could get rid of it by inflicting an equal hurt on someone else.

From their maneuvers and their terrific speed I am certain their flight performance was greater than any aircraft known today.

I think, to a certain extent the economy and these decisions I made to protect the country matter a lot.

New places always help us look at life differently

It seems like we're not learning as a community, as a society.

When you do a piece of journalism, you may have to cut away 95 percent of what you are experiencing.

Change your story, change your power.

Dear bells! how sweet the sound of village bells When on the undulating air they swim!

Your children are spiritual beings who come through you, not for you.