The simple-hearted and sincere never do more than half deceive themselves.

Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.

Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

We find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many things.

The evening of life brings with it its lamps.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

Close your eyes and you will see.

A Witch awakens within herself qualities of the elements and forces of nature.

Your dreams don’t stop being dreams because of circumstances.

I used to be prettier than I am, but I think I look better now. I was a pretty boy. Particularly in my early movies. I don't like looking at them so much. There's a sort of pretty thing about me.

There are certain natures to whom work is nothing, the act of work everything.

With the passage of time, as well as the social evolution and genetic exchange, we ended up putting our conscience in the color of our blood and the salt of our tears.

Saw #‎ Birdman . Such singular, audacious filmmaking. Can't stop thinking about the ending.

People don't have knowledge and understanding about the outside world, or about history [in the USA].

As an economist, I'm aware that life is full of trade offs.

When things aren't going right, don't push, don't press.

[James Bond's qualities of] self-containment, his powers of decision, his ability to carry on through till the end and to survive ... I like to think I acquired them before Bond.