If another Messiah was born he could hardly do so much good as the printing-press.

The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism.

One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from them.

Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.

There exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of which men can be made to believe that something said on earth comes from Heaven.

Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity.

If there were only turnips and potatoes in the world, someone would complain that plants grow the wrong way.

Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our heads.

To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts.

Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.

He who understands the wise is wise already.

Your "I CAN" is more important than your IQ.

I spent my whole life playing sports and training and pushing myself to the limits.

I don't hang out at trendy Hollywood bars.

If you miss the beginning, the basics, then you are destined to go back and visit the basics.

I’ve always loved fairytales, and I’ve loved the concept of, um, some of the best parts of a lot of stories are the beginning.

What they [critics of Lessing's switch to science fiction] didn't realize was that in science fiction is some of the best social fiction of our time.

His words span rivers and mountains, but his thoughts are still only six inches long.

Hollywood is a far safer place to work than working abroad, because of the skill level, and because of the safety considerations that experience and unionization have created.

I don’t want to hang on and Cry over something so little, Like a springtime illusion that’ll disappear after I wake up

While it's nice to appreciate the fashion world... what makes you happy are real relationships and the moments you share with loved ones.