It is necessary to sleep upon the pillow of doubt.

Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.

Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.

It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that date back to the Pharaohs.

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.

A man is a critic when he cannot be an artist, in the same way that a man becomes an informer when he cannot be a soldier.

I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony.

There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

God allows us to live in the time of harvest to experience the joy of the harvest

I know that my fans want to know who I'm sleeping with, but it's really none of their business.

I will not entertain or dwell on negative things.

I don't ask my wife to face Michael Holding, so there's no reason why I should be changing nappies.

All our lives we are putting pennies — our most golden pennies — into penny-in-the-slot machines that are almost always empty.

By its very nature, hate destroys and tears down; by its very nature, love creates and builds up.

From shadow queen to puppet queen in one rule. That's very impressive. When he rules your country and he tells you he loves you, I hope you believe him. At least that's one lie I didn't tell you.

If I bring back only one gold people are going to say it's a disappointment. But not too many of them own an Olympic gold medal so if I get one I'm going to be happy.

I will forever stick up for Catholics and Christians in general. With a small number of very horrible exceptions, they do play by the rules.

You know," King said, "I'm not much good at telling stories. That sounds like a paradox, but it's not; it's the reason I write them down.