Expectations make people miserable, so whatever yours are, lower them. You'll definitely be happier.

Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It's the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles, of being fascinating with nothing at all.

Now, after so many years, I understand what the Coldness was and where it came from—this sense that everything is lost, and worthless, and meaningless.

If you would seek to find yourselflook not in the mirrorfor there is but a shadow there'A stranger....SILENIUS, ODES TO TRUTH

Culture is everything. Culture is the way we dress, the way we carry our heads, the way we walk, the way we tie our ties - it is not only the fact of writing books or building houses.

We're willing to move pretty far on this issue, we're much more tolerant than we used to be, but don't mix it up with religion and God.

Most religions do not make men better, only warier.

You've got to follow that dream, wherever that dream may lead.

When Christ came into the world, peace was sung; and when He went out of the world, peace was bequeathed.

Why do I need I.D. to get I.D.? If I had I.D. I wouldn't need I.D.

I imagine a world in which all humans are born with an intact capacity to love, and I am willing to devote my life to making it happen.