Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God

It is not the path which is the difficulty; rather, it is the difficulty which is the path.

The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.

A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized prayer is listening.

For without risk there is no faith, and the greater the risk, the greater the faith.

It is not where we breathe, but where we Love, that we live.

Once you label me you negate me.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

To relinquish a present good through apprehension of a future evil is in most instances unwise ... from a fear which may afterwards turn out groundless you lost the good that lay within your grasp.

The idea that skiing might not be fun, might not be for everyone, had never occurred to me. Where I come from, the sport signified pleasure, nature, family happiness.

I'm not greedy at all. Sometimes I pinch myself because of what I've got.

The painter or draftsman ought to be solitary, in order that the well-being of the body not sap the vigour of the mind.

If we go for the easy way, then we never change.

Help, love, forgive, and create beauty.

I feel like 'embattled' or 'disgraced' will always follow my name. It's like that black football player who recently came out.

All writing is an act of self-exploration. Even a grocery list says something about you; how much more does a novel say?

The reason the Jews hate Nazis is primarily because they didn't come up with the idea first

If you are rich, you have lovely cars, and jars full of flowers, and books in rows, and a wireless, and the best sort of gramophone and meringues for supper.