Obstinacy is will asserting itself without being able to justify itself. It is persistence without a reasonable motive. It is the tenacity of self-love substituted for that of reason and conscience.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

I am a great husband because I am very afraid she may kill me

Some judge of authors' names, not works, and then nor praise nor blame the writings, but the men.

It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.

The world has lost a legend, and I have lost a friend. Johnny Cash was the rare soul who could be both.

To seek out in a world full of joy the one thing that is certain to give you pain, and hug it to your bosom with all your strength; that's the greatest human happiness.

The Pearly Gates. Am I the only one who finds it odd that Heaven has gates? What kind of neighborhood is Heaven in?

Winning isn't everything. It's the money you make doing it that's everything.

Tell Aretha I’ll be praying for herBecause she needs Jesus!I love her.

There is no light painting or dark painting, but simply relations of tones.

No harm comes to man from outside alone: dumbness is the objective spirit.