Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.

There is scarcely any passion without struggle.

Man cannot do without beauty, and this is what our era pretends to want to disregard.

Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.

A man devoid of hope and conscious of being so has ceased to belong to the future.

What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.

Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.

There is no longer a single idea explaining everything, but an infinite number of essences giving a meaning to an infinite number of objects. The world comes to a stop, but also lights up.

What I believe to be true I must therefore preserve. What seems to me so obvious, even against me, I must support.

Thinking is learning all over again how to see, directing one's consciousness, making of every image a privileged place.

Creating is living doubly. The groping, anxious quest of a Proust, his meticulous collecting of flowers, of wallpapers, and of anxieties, signifies nothing else.

Why do many souls love darkness than the light?

As a king can wear a crown, a crown can also weary a king.

I am in great terror of your understanding by which you penetrate into my world; and then I stand revealed and I have shared my kingdom with you.

I made one decision in my life based on money and I swore I would never do it again.

I believe that American engagement, through our embassy, our businesses, and most of all through our people, is the best way to advance our interests and support for democracy and human rights.

I was sort of miserable and depressed. Music was my savior, but it was also the thing that I felt at times was breaking my heart.

Sometimes the closest-held secrets in the world can be pried out by the right question at the right time.

Life is like dancing...changing all the time.

I don't feel I'm thrown around by the winds of taste and fashion.

The meteor flag of England Shall yet terrific burn, Till danger's troubled night depart, And the star of peace return.