It is the special quality of love not to be able to remain stationary, to be obliged to increase under pain of diminishing.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

She never asked for money, for gifts and priced ones, she always asked me for priceless love that was worth billions, where I failed.

You can gain self-confidence, with the prayerful life, reading and mediation on the Scripture.

Well into adulthood, writing has never gotten easier. It still only ever begins badly, and there are no guarantees that this is not the day when the jig is finally up.

All hail the light, the dark, and the grey.

In order for me to 'endorse' an intelligence, I need to carry out lots of research.

The song is about love, life, fear and hope... and more than anything, you... and me...

I like newspapers. Maybe the iPad is very modern and everything, and I'm not against it, but I like the physical contact. And the physical contact of metal and glass is not as sensuous as paper.

When I look back at all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all.

The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.

The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone.