Medicine is my lawful wife. Literature is my mistress.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.

Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.

Everything on earth is beautiful, everything -- except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.

The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.

People should be beautiful in every way - in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.

Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.

The mystery of seeking God is that HE is the One who finds you.

What do you call a slap that's waiting an inch away from your cheek refusing to back away? A caress

The past is something that can not be fixed, but sets an example to fix the present to better the future.

The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.

Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.

I always let other people describe me because if I describe myself you will not understand.

We need to explore the relationship between means and ends. Purposes grow out of situations. One may find the pursuit first and then this brings the purpose.

And in their motions harmony divine So smoothes her charming tones, that God's own ear Listens delighted.

Ive had many idols growing up. The inclination for idol worship comes naturally to me. Or it did, anyway. I think Ive gotten over it. It came as naturally to me as wanting to act.

New York is really the place to be; to go to New York, you're going to the center of the world, the lion's den.