Imagination is not enough. Knowledge is necessary.

The past becomes a texture, an ambience to our present.

There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A fine landscape is like a piece of music; it must be taken at the right tempo. Even a bicycle goes too fast

Ah, well, the truth is always one thing, but in a way it's the other thing, the gossip, that counts. It shows where people's hearts lie.

Rumours began with the whispered gossip of native servants and spread quickly to the rest of the population.

How you survive on earth is only known to you.

You need a team for war, not for negotiation.

I don't think it is ever too late to seek forgiveness and rewrite your future.

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence.

A lot of money eliminates a category of worry. If your car breaks down, youre still going to get through the day. But it doesnt make you a happy person if you werent a happy person before.

In love, one should simplify, choose persons worthy of their promises and leave them if they don't keep them.

I grew up with a feminist mom and the understanding that, as someone coming from a position of (relative) privilege, it was my job to speak up when things weren't fair.

I was one of two first cultural exchange artists been allowed to go to the West. I knew it was such a rare opportunity and I had to treasure it by giving my utter most to achieve excellence.

If you're getting married less you're getting less divorces.

Even if my father wasn't speaking to me, he would never, ever miss a baseball game.