Genius is immediate, but talent takes time.

I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it.

When you look at the startling ruins of Nuremberg, you are looking at a result of the war. When you look at the prisoners on view in the courthouse, you are looking at 22 of the causes.

I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks.

In the history of art there are periods when bread seems so beautiful that it nearly gets into museums.

Never have nights been more beautiful than these nights of anxiety. In the sky have been shining in trinity the moon, Venus and Mars. Nature has been more splendid than man.

... people who don't want something are less likely to get it than people who do want something.

The older women were Sunbeams and I guess we were Cherubs or Lambs, but our mothers were Nightingales.

She had storms all her life, but she died peacefully.

I'm fond of anything that comes from the sea, and that includes sailors.

By jove, no wonder women don't love war nor understand it, nor can operate in it as a rule; it takes a man to suffer what other men have invented . . .

All beings are vast multidimensional masters. They may be exploring divinity or limitation, but they are masters nonetheless. Then it becomes ok to simply allow them their process.

The only way to the top is by persistent intelligent hard work.

You gotta lose 'em some of the time. When you do, lose 'em right.

In the composition of the human frame there is a good deal of inflammable matter, however dormant it may lie for a time.

It certainly strikes the beholder with astonishment, to perceive what vast difficulties can be overcome by the pigmy arms of little mortal man, aided by science and directed by superior skill.

The strongest and most dangerous enemy you will ever face is a negative attitude. Learn to recognize when it is trying to invade your body and mind, then simply refuse it entry.

When I saw from Rome that catastrophe (brought by Yolanda) I had to be here. And on those very days I decided to come here. I am here to be with you – a little bit late, but I’m here.

War disorganizes, but it is to reorganize.

If you don’t know how to fix it, please, stop breaking it.

I want to stay involved in athletics; I want to encourage kids to take part and try to grow the sport.