I persuaded him to throw the dirk away and it was as easy as persuading a child to give up some bright fresh new way of killing itself.

You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

How empty is theory in the presence of fact!

True friendship is like sound health

Anyone who refuses to make a choice has already made a wrong choice by allowing his life for chance to rule!

In the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is a God; he must create life.

Art can do much, but this maxim's most sure/A weak or wounded brain admits no cure.

The reason 'help' is such a great prayer is that God is the gift of desperation. When you're in despair, you're teachable.

You need an incredible amount of self-confidence to go digging around in someone's brain.

Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.

Any time I got in emotional turmoil, I felt sick all the time, like at any minute I would die.

That man, I think, has had a liberal education, who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will.

The stockmarket is a semi-psychotic creature given to extremes of elation and despair.