Istanbul ... the constant beating of the wave of the East against the rock of the West.

We only have one life to live, and must go on with it to the end, that if we feel it is meaningless, then we ourselves must give it meaning.

You don't have to be sincere yourself to recognize sincerity when you see it. Any more than you have to be insane to recognize insanity.

impulses sometimes have logical roots and ought to be given in to.

Possibilities swung from the ropes of his life like charms on a watch chain, golden.

Time does not act on memory to soften the edges, blur the details; if anything, it sharpens them. Emotions may lose their acid outlines, but not places and people, not if you wish to retain them.

martyrs are always uncomfortable people to live with.

... danger was always at its most lethal when disguised as respectability.

People who create their own opportunities are more successful than people who expect opportunities to be created for them.

We the caregivers, have the power to do things proactively to benefit our present and future generations.

Silence is a prince's friend.

marriage is an extraordinary thing - and I doubt if any outsider - even a child of the marriage - has the right to judge.

Just as stars shine brightest in the darkest night, your joy blazes brilliantly through life's problems when you count them as joy.

Happiness is transparent. ... That is its virtue.

A genius knows how to make himself easily understood without being obvious about it.

I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.

The best thing about modern living is anaesthesia.

I don't have to work, really, but I do enjoy working, and I do enjoy getting paid.