It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance... and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

It's time to start living the life you've imagined.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.

Excellence does not require perfection.

The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.

I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.

Anger does not change the fact. The will to take control is everything.

Maturity is when you are happy loving someone from a distance.

Life is full of alternatives but no choice.

I've even purposely looked for stories full of exactly this kind of angst, because I love the emotion behind it so much.

We can be the new brand of self-extincting dinosaurs or we can evolve.

The reasons for which 'this' world has been characterized as 'apparent' are the very reasons which indicate its reality; any other kind of reality is absolutely indemonstrable.

Sometimes we behave and perform with our lives, not for God, but for an audience.

The hardest part of living is making peace with your past. Most of all, it’s making peace with yourself.

I don't analyze too much, because then I'll question, 'Why do I write down all of these random little phrases?'

Are the things around you helping you toward success, or are they holding you back?