Being abroad makes you conscious of the whole imitative side of human behavior. The ape in man.

We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour; in other words, we are the hero of our own story.

Modern neurosis began with the discoveries of Copernicus. Science made men feel small by showing him that the earth was not the center of the universe.

Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.

Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot understand (seeing nothing else to do) and understand what we cannot pardon.

Every word she writes is a lie, including "and" and "the."

Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.

If someone tells you he is going to make a 'realistic decision', you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.

For self-realization, a rebel demands a strong authority, a worthy opponent, God to his Lucifer.

We are the hero of our own story.

Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.

If life is for love, then start loving at this very moment.

Never let others define you.

No one understands betrayal like the one who has been betrayed.

Since a politician never believes what he says he is surprised when others believe him.

I make the kind of music I like

My mother really was the strength in our family. She would sort of keep us in line and I admired her very much .

Stressing and obsessing over your vision blocks it.

A man looketh on his little one as a being of better hope; in himself ambition is dead, but it bath a resurrection in his son.

By choosing integrity, I become more whole, but wholeness does not mean perfection. It means becoming more real by acknowledging the whole of who I am.

The measure of any man's virtue is what he would do, if he had neither the laws nor public opinion, nor even his own prejudices, to control him.