There is one thing more powerful than kings and all the soldiers in the world, and that is a visionary who has the courage to persevere.

From today, painting is dead.

To live passionately, we ought to be able to look once again at the people we once cared for deeply and painfully.

Look within. The heart is the foundation of virtue; and it is for eternity ready to do virtuous works.

Inspired intellect must endure all kinds of ghastly education.

A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.

A person should design the way he makes a living around how he wishes to make a life.

Americans often have trouble enjoying the present moment.

Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.

Early poems are a thing it takes years to live down.

I only train, I don't know what a break is.

Philosophy rests on a proposition that whatever is is right. Preaching begins by assuming that whatever is is wrong.

I wouldn't want [my daughtr] to be a model. I don't think it's the best industry really for young girls. Unless you're really strong, it can really f**k you up.

He who confesses magic or sorcery shall do penance for the time of murder, and shall be treated in the same manner as he who convicts himself of this sin.

You mortals are like fish swimming in a globe of glass. That globe is your world. You do not see beyond it.