If ancient descent could confer nobility, the lower forms of life would possess it in a greater degree than man.

The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is

Women are aristocrats, and it is always the mother who makes us feel that we belong to the better sort.

Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind.

We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.

As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.

Dislike of another's opinions and beliefs neither justifies our own nor makes us more certain of them: and to transfer the repugnance to the person himself is a mark of a vulgar mind.

Your faith is what you believe, not what you know.

What we love to do we find time to do.

Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed.

When we have not the strength or the courage to grasp a new truth, we persuade ourselves that it is not a truth at all.

People used to make money, but somewhere along the way, it started making us.

We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.

The Montreal Olympics were in July 1976, the bicentennial, at the height of patriotism.

For a long time I was looking for my perfect equilibrium, my mojo. And now I think I'm getting there: I've found my customer, my silhouette, my cut.

When I was a kid, I used to watch 'Laurel and Hardy' with my cousins all the time. I still think they're extremely funny and so surreal.

I really like world music. I used to think it was simple but it's far from that.

Writing is an act of cherishing... It is an act of love.

I think I'm optimistic, yeah, especially in real life, but I think it's funny to be pessimistic.

Photography invites one to give up any attempt to delineate such things as can delineate themselves.

Possessing a correct interpretation of each individual doctrine is not sufficient; we must also learn to hold each doctrine in harmony with the others.