I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.

Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.

Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.

It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that date back to the Pharaohs.

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.

A man is a critic when he cannot be an artist, in the same way that a man becomes an informer when he cannot be a soldier.

I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony.

There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

Here is true immorality: ignorance and stupidity; the devil is nothing but this. His name is Legion.

In a world full of game players, the only way to set yourself apart is to be a game changer.

Each department of knowledge passes through three stages. The theoretic stage; the theological stage and the metaphysical or abstract stage.

Countering violent extremism and destroying ISIS must be done primarily by Muslim nations with the strong support of their global partners.

Stop worrying, nobody gets out of this world alive.

They say, "God told me", or "God replied to me". And yet most of the time they are talking to themselves.

I liked Dallas better because it was more deceptive, you could do more with it.

Stale water is a poor drink. Stale skill is worse. And the man who walks in his own footsteps only ends where he began.

There’s too much beauty upon this earth For lonely men to bear.

The hardest part about directing is getting everyone on the same page.

I don't see why anyone should put me down for my job. I'm bright. I'm intelligent. I turn letters - so what? I also talk. I talk on the show! People know my name on the show.