Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artists metaphysical value judgments.

Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That's what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul - would you understand why that's much harder?

Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.

Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.

I love you so much that nothing can matter to me - not even you...Only my love- not your answer. Not even your indifference

The age of the skyscraper is gone. This is the age of the housing project. Which is always a prelude to the age of the cave.

No speech is ever considered, but only the speaker. It's so much easier to pass judgement on a man than on an idea.

What is kinder--to believe the best of people and burden them with a nobility beyond their endurance--or to see them as they are, and accept it because it makes them comfortable?

A quest for self-respect is proof of its lack

As it almost always was when I'd been too self-centered to see the truth of the matter, I felt impossibly foolish.

Life is full of positive and negative experiences, but the quality of one's life will always depend on the ones that dominate one's focus the most.

To know the hight [sic] of a mountain, one must climb it.

However, I began meditating at about that time and have continued on and off over the years.

I love having a man in my life, and being his woman at the end of the day. I know it's a dichotomy.

There are very few chefs both in Britain and the States that really identify the secret of being consistent. And combine consistency with flavor.

It is not a matter of indifference whether we like oysters or clams, snails or shrimp, if only we know how to unravel the existential significance of these foods.

A strong leader is not necessarily a bad leader.

It is important to have friends we can trust. But it is essential to trust the Lord, who never lets us down.

I think that men of my generation - not me in particular - are among the most fortunate men in the universe.