I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to the uses that will be made of those rights so long as wisdom is rare and pride abundant

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

An educated mind is a questioning mind. Or is it?

Your calling is buried in your background on earth

Let thy breath be, a grace of thanks.

You cannot have a happy ending to a miserable journey.

Thus hope, aided by imagination, makes one man a hero, another a somnambulist, and a third a lunatic; while it renders them all enthusiasts.

I always say that you define what success is to yourself.

The cutthroat avenues of rock 'n' roll, I am fed up with. I don't want anything to do with it.

Actually men are closer to having the ability to act egoistic when it comes to a crisis situation.

What college boils down to is a brand name stamped on the graduate for the benefit of corporate consumers.

I don't pretend to be the character. I am the character.