Not knowing life, how can we know death? Why talk of spirits when you do not understand men?

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

To See What Is Right And Not Do It Is A Lack Of Courage.

What you do not want done to yourself do not do to others.

Choose a job that you like, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

An orchid in a deep forest sends out its fragrance even if no one is around to appreciate it.

A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.

The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.

Our sole illumination was a dim and foul-smellingblubber lamp, which really only served to make thedarkness visible.

America is bad at discriminating between danger likely to strike again, and red herrings, the freaking helpings of disaster that no man or plan can prevent.

After art college, I got a job as a medical illustrator, and I was pretty good. I had to imagine what was going on in the operations because the photographs just showed a mess.

Days are expensive. When you spend a day you have one less day to spend. So make sure you spend each one wisely.

The schools must fashion the person, and fashion him in such a way that he simply cannot will otherwise than what you wish him to will.

The more we remember, the better we are at processing the world. And the better we are at processing the world, the more we can remember about it.

Better to accept the wretched truth than struggle, twisting to make a wish a reality.

When you're very successful, you become careless and try to turn many things into routine.

I was afraid I would get the Oscar for 'Irma La Douce' because it was popular. But I didn't want to because I didn't really think it was that good.

So just to be truthful to my own sensibility, I need to acknowledge that the season is not all joy and light for a lot of people. It's tough - environmentally, emotionally, spiritually.