Strong people are made by opposition like kites that go up against the wind.

Such actions are beyond praise: it is the perfume of such sweet and noble human sympathy that makes this wild beasts' cage a world habitable for men.

(...) always regretted that good memory often prevents us from thinking for ourselves.

The truth is that the fever of desire in youth is fleeting disease that intimacy promptly cure.

The ultimate goal of the architect...is to create a paradise. Every house, every product of architecture... should be a fruit of our endeavour to build an earthly paradise for people.

It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.

Only when we are so old, only, are we aware of the beauty of life.

When I first became an actress, I expected to do regional and classical theater; I just love the whole creative process.

Raising children pushed me to walk the walk and practice life as I preach it.

My days are as happy as those reserved by God for his elect; and whatever be my fate hereafter, I can never say that I have not tasted joy— the purest joy of life.

Economic advance is not the same thing as human progress.

Nothing seems to me more doubtful than Aristotle's remark that it is probable the arts and philosophy have several times been discovered and several times lost.

Profits are the driving force of the market economy. The greater the profits, the better the needs of the consumers are supplied... He who serves the public best, makes the highest profits.

I'm not really married to the craft of jazz - I'm married to me, and my style, and whatever I produce.