It is with the approach of winter that cats...wear their richest fur and assume an air of sumptuous and delightful opulence.

Holy Istanbul! Your name is the most enchanting one of all names which enchants me.

The moon of a bright silver, which dazzles by its shining, illumines a world which surely is no longer ours; for it resembles in nothing what may be seen in other lands.

Egypt, the Egypt of antiquity, at a later time, exercised a mysterious fascination over me. I recognized a picture of it immediately, without hesitation and astonishment, in an illustrated magazine.

My books were always full of ink blots, always stained and covered with smeared sketches and pictures, which one draws idly when his attention wanders from his task.

My emotions lose their force when I endeavor to interpret them, and my words seem very inept.

Often, before returning home, I would take a long and roundabout way and pass by the peaceful ramparts from where I had glimpses of other provinces, and a sight of the distant country.

My sister and my brother, of whom I have not spoken before, were considerably older than I; it seemed almost as if we belonged to different generations.

I do not exactly remember at what period I started my museum which absorbed so much of my time.

I am surprised that I cannot recall whether my desire to become a minister transformed itself into a wish to lead the more militant life of missionary, by a slow process or suddenly.

Through the study of fossils I had already been initiated into the mysteries of prehistoric creations.

Not learning by doing, but learning by risking.

The kind of love bounded by the sympathy will break down by arrogance.

In Italy it's full-on stardom when you're a cyclist - eating in restaurants for free, it's great.

When you're a man you try and be macho.

I pray that wherever we are and whatever duties we have in the priesthood of God, we will be united in the cause to bring the gospel to all the world.

We're all in this together if we're in it at all.

Lolitas do not recognize any authority. They follow only the values they have chosen for themselves, regardless of what anybody might say.

The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all. Authority over him and his art is ridiculous.

From Euclid to Newton there were straight lines. The modern age analyzes the wavers.

There is a difference between offering a service and being willing to serve. They may both include giving but only one is generous.