I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business and administrative centre of American culture.

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.

Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.

I am a phoenix who runs after arsonists.

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

what's right? If you want something, you have the right to take it. If you want to do something, you have the right to do it.

This is the wonder of Christmas, that in the solitary form of an impoverished infant God has handed me everything that I could never create so that I can be everything that I could never be.

I am incognito

Olympics for me is love, peace, united.

Nothing is more difficult, in my opinion, than to avoid something that fundamentally attracts you.

Has the mathematical abilities of a Clydesdale.

For men to tell how human life began Is hard; for who himself beginning knew?

Never is work without reward, or reward without work.

A sweet attractive kinde of grace, A full assurance given by lookes, Continuall comfort in a face The lineaments of Gospell bookes.

At a rehearsal I let the orchestra play as they like. At the concert I make them play as I like.