The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived.

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.

Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?

If I'm damned, what's the point of pretending that I'm not?

Most of authors seek fame, but I seek for justice - a holier impulse than ever entered into the ambitious struggles of the votaries of that fickle, flirting goddess.

No one conquers who doesn't fight.

Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.

Merchandising, merchandising, where the real money from the movie is made.

Filmmakers are going to make films, just like painters are going to paint.

I feel like male patriarchy generally has been about repressing female sexuality because it's "scary."

The Truth is realized in an instant; the Act is practiced step by step.

All errors spring up in the neighborhood of some truth; they grow round about it, and, for the most part, derive their strength from such contiguity.