I fear only that which I love, says man, according to Montaigne. Woman replies: I love only that which I fear.

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.

To be ready to fail is to be prepared for success.

Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.

Sensuality without love is a sin; love without sensuality is worse than a sin.

Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.

Tradition simply means that we need to end what began well and continue what is worth continuing

It may be impossible to have a revolution without crimes but that does not make revolution a crime.

To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.

The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer.

Who learns most from a good book is the author.

Success is reserved for you if you persevere

Jordan Mullen is looking at me like I'm something he wants to scrape off his shoe and right then my heart breaks, but somehow beats on.

I will always stand up and fight for you and fight for your jobs and fight for your families.

I start nearly every day with a workout.

It is investment, i.e. the increased production of material wealth in the shape of capital goods, which alone increases national wealth.

This is the age of the new tolerance and it is producing a bumper crop of anti-Christian and anti-American sentiment.

I have tried to establish the right to dare everything.

Self-consciousness, that's what it is. Always my abiding vice. I keep seeing myself. Me watching myself watching others watch me. How do you lose that? What's the trick?

Imagine Pulitzer prizefighting.

Religion may be purified. This great work was begun two hundred years ago: but men can only bear light to come in upon them by degrees.