Dreams are real as long as they last. Can we say more of life?

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great.

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.

If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each other's nature with mutual sympathy, and to become capable of genuine comradeship, the foundation must be laid in youth.

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.

Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm.

Still, whether we like it or not, the task of speeding up the decrease of the human population becomes increasingly urgent.

I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians, a fallen angel in the darkness who is perpetually seeking to fight his way back to happiness.

We must learn that when people devalue any one Life, they devalue all Life.

Numerical superiority is of no consequence. In battle, victory will go to the best tactician."- G. A. Custer

I wasn't picked for any of the sports teams at school because I was half the size of everyone else, but now everyone assumes I must have been some sort of rugby player.

I have always had a very natural connection to the water, and that connection stems from the ocean itself.

I've always believed that the range or depth of emotion can be great, whether you're play a three-minute piece, or a half-hour work.

My balls feel like a pair of maracas.

If you do not pray, everything can disappoint you by going wrong. If you do pray, everything can still go wrong, but not in a way that will disappoint you.

He was so. So dirty, and just moving in front of me, and cute. I was in love with him, especially because he was talking to me.

Only when you are relaxed can you see what's going on.

The media has dubbed me as someone who can only get up for the big tournaments, and that is not who I want to be.