I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.

If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

He hated when his own advice applied to himself.

Faith can be very very dangerous, and deliberately to implant it into the vulnerable mind of an innocent child is a grievous wrong.

When you get caught up on other peoples' problems, solve them with caution so you don't suffer the excessive burdens of regrets.

Believing, desiring, deciding, and choosing correctly are the simple actions that define an increase in happiness and an increase in the inner assurance that transcends this life.

Teachers open the door ... you enter by yourself.

The important part of the present development is the anti-capitalist sentiment that is permeating our people.

Thou wine art the friend of the friendless, though a foe to all.

I want to reach the status of becoming a mogul. And the only way you get there is by work.

Everybody has equal opportunity, and I think that is true for everything.

The eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts.