Let us listen to the voices of our Forebears ... In the smoky cabin, souls that wish us well are murmuring.

I have always taken care to put an idea or emotion behind my words. I have made it a habit to be suspicious of the mere music of words.

Art is animated by invisible forces that rule the universe.

The [priest] was really my teacher, because I reacted against the things he told me.

What if this were Hell, this absence of sleep, this poet's desert, this pain of living, this dying of not dying, this anguish of shadows, this passion over death and light.

The question is not what you look at, but what you see.

At the end, one didn't remember life as a whole but as just a string of moments.

The desire for connection with the Divine and our formless inner self is at the foundation of all desire for human connection.

He downs the contents of his glass in a single gulp and, looking at Simon, adds: “This is as amusing as a novel.

At a lecture I am asked to pronounce my name three times. I try to be slow and emphatic, "Anaïs - Anaïs - Anaïs. You just say "Anna" and then add "ees," with the accent on the "ees."

Fine writing, according to Mr. Addison, consists of sentiments which are natural without being obvious.

Baseball is Heaven's gift to mortals.

When we love animals and children too much, we love them at the expense of men.

I served on the Armed Services Committee for 18 years and we must lead, or the job won't get done, unfortunately, for our country.

Prior to ROE V. WADE, abortions were common even though they were illegal. I don't think making them illegal again is going to solve the problem.