The intelligence of few perceives what has been carefully hidden in the recesses of the mind.

Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.

Love is a serious mental disease.

There is truth in wine and children

Only a philosopher's mind grows wings, since its memory always keeps it as close as possible to those realities by being close to which the gods are divine.

let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.

Piety, then, is that which is dear to the gods, and impiety is that which is not dear to them.

And yet even in reaching for the beautiful there is beauty, and also in suffering whatever it is that one suffers en route.

the matter is as it is in all other cases: if it is naturally in you to be a good orator, a notable orator you will be when you have acquired knowledge and practice ...

Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.

Thou hast added insult to injury.

A journey is an achievement, Maria, just as much as a mathematical proof.

Recognizing the connection to All Things, even in creepy moments, keeps me true to my animistic perspective. Finding growth from them is my choice.

Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination.

Oscar Peterson is my favorite all-around pianist. There are pianists I like because of one thing and pianists I like because of another. But overall, I like Oscar Peterson best.

Told me my tape taught them to swear. What about the make-up you allow your 12 year old daughter to wear?

As all curves have reference to their centres or foci, so all beauty of character has reference to the soul, and is a graceful gesture of recognition or waving of the body toward it.

I found the human heart empty and insipid everywhere except in books.

Meditation is the movement of love. It isn't the love of the one or of the many. It is like water that anyone can drink out of any jar.

It has been a privilege beyond belief for me to have represented the State of Louisiana in Congress and to have been given the blessed assignment of U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See.

What is plucked will grow again, What is slain lives on, What is stolen will remain-- What is gone is gone.