If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

Relationships are complicated, but happiness in a relationship isn't: It's just wanting exactly what you have. Wanting something else is dispiriting.

Always, your work is the same: You have to tell a story, you have to make a character. It doesn't matter if there are thousands of dollars, millions behind it, or if there is nothing.

An instrument that sometimes expresses thought, sometimes obscures thought, but most often replaces thought.

In my joy I thrust my hand into the live embers, but quickly drew it out with a cry of pain. How strange, I thought that the same cause should produce such opposite effects.

Very often when we aim at the best, or what we may think is the best for our children, we aim really at lesser things, such as getting into a certain college.

People always ask about my influences, and they cite a bunch of people I've never heard of

There isn't anything anybody wants that is for any other reason than that they think they would feel better in having it.

I understand that we are actually complicated people but we are also dreadfully simple.

[When asked if she had ever considered divorcing Sir Lewis Casson:] Divorce? Never. But murder often!

The fear of death is far greater than the death itself. But the fear of the unknown is the greatest fear of all!