Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.

Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.

When you are not happy with your life, always think that someone is happy simply because you exist

It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

Even the weak become strong when they are united.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?

Every true genius is bound to be naive.

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Art is the daughter of freedom.

Truth is neither in the scripture nor in the words of prophets. It is in your heart, feel it, discover it and expand with it.

A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way.

Kin is a shortened term for kinetic. Kinetic means to move. All that moves is your kin

To an intellectual who is adrift in politics, a theory is an aim; to a true politician his theory is a boundary

I have so much I want to tell you, and nowhere to begin.

I just feel passionately about a few things and particularly about helping artists get off the ground.

We should always be practical, realistic and optimistic.

Today I forgive all those who have ever offended me. I give my love to all thirsty hearts, both to those who love me and to those who do not love me.

Banning guns because of their misuse is like banning the First Amendment because one might libel or slander.

I am at war with the obvious.