I was constantly watching myself, my secret self, as dependent on my actions as my own personality

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

The air of the New World seems favorable to the art of declamation.

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness

If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything .

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

The whole purpose of the winepress is to preserve the grapes. Accept Pressing moments. What you accomplish in a moment of pressure will be used forever.

I take your name whenever i give example of perfection...

If you see the teeth of the lion, do not think that the lion is smiling at you.

I want to win and I want to be in office.

Do you find it difficult to forgive one who has wronged you? Then you will find it difficult to get to heaven.

I was President of the Queensland Young Liberals in 1981.

The Lord is in everything that's in creation. So, when you look at a tree, it's really a reflection of God. You see it in other people - that's him too, you know?

We are the two great painters of this era; you are in the Egyptian style, I in themodern style. (to Pablo Picasso)

This art, born of genius and good taste, can become beautiful and varied to an infinite degree.

We're more effective than birth control pills.