In art the end does not sanctify the means: but sacred means employed here can sanctify the end.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

Sensible people get the greater part of their own dying done during their own lifetime

I never get the girl. I wind up with a country instead. They said all I was good for was playing Indians.

If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent.

Better to flee from death than feel its grip.

I don't think you play for other people's expectations, you know. You don't go and become a lawyer because your mother or father want you to, you don't become a coach because somebody wants you to.

I think there was an overemphasis in the early stage on militarization rather than directly providing relief. I don't think it has any long-term significance.

I wouldn't know how I would have coped with The Beatles' sort of fame.

A man knows no more in religion than he loves and embraceth with the affections of his soul.

Every single time I start to do a picture, without fail, I feel as if I don't know what I'm doing.

As with many Southern Writers, I believe that the special quality of the land itself indelibly shapes the people who dwell upon it.