The flesh would shrink and go, the blood would dry, but no one believes in his mind of minds or heart of hearts that the pictures do stop.

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.

Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.

I am a phoenix who runs after arsonists.

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Black and white is heaviest of vibrant and at the same time lightest of achromatic.

My soul shines brightly in the light.

It's time we did something to assert ourselves. After all, we do comprise 10% of the population.

As a comic, I think I'm very verbally oriented about a lot of the stuff that I've written or thought up and how I say it.

Florence - the city of tranquillity made manifest.

In public administration there is no connection between revenue and expenditure.

I can see being kind to people, but I don't think giving them money solves the problem. I think it makes the problem worse and it prolongs the ultimate, inevitable end anyway.

Common sense tells us that the world is flat, that the sun goes around the earth, that heavy bodies always fall faster than light bodies, that boats made of iron will sink.

It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.

I just don't know how to deal with so many people giving me that much affection. I never had that in my life.