Religion is not a conclusion of the reason.

Patience is passion tamed.

Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry.

I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them.

In New York - whose subway trains in particular have been "tattooed" with an energy to put our own rude practitioners to shame - not an inch of free space is spared except that of advertisements.

A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice - but as yet unstained.

Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.

The artist does not really create; he discovers.

It is a shame for a man to be a millionaire in possessions if he is not also a millionaire in beneficence.

We often pray for purity, unselfishness, for the highest qualities of character, and forget that these things cannot be given, but must be earned.

The highest qualities of character...must be earned.

Only those who dream with a sense of urgency get to wake up from their dreams.

Get the Girl, " he demanded. "She knows too much!"Dammit. Why did people keep presuming that, and if it was true, why the hell couldn't my GPA reflect the fact?

I know all about insanity. It's not that bad once you beat up everyone who teases you about it.

You boast of spending a tenth part of your income in charity; may be you should spend the nine tenths so, and done with it.

Insecurity prevents young artists from 'flying' and older artists from being 'down to earth.' Young artists should work on their confidence and the older ones on their humility.

In a real relationship the two of you are together, meeting without your histories.

To reach the goals of your life, you need discipline, you need luck and you need something as important as these two: Vacations!

The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe by virtue of their personal experiences about themselves and society.

Being the object of Alfred Hitchcock's obsession was horrific, but while he ruined my career, he could never ruin my life.

Still, the sun was hot. Still, one got over things. Still, life had a way of adding day to day