There it is!' he thought with rapture. 'When I was already in despair, and when it seemed there would be no end- there it is! She loves me. She's confessed it.

When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.

A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.

Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody thinks about changing himself.

Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins.

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life—becoming a better person.

Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.

Men pray to the Almighty to relieve poverty. But poverty comes not from God's laws-it is blasphemy of the worst kind to say that. Poverty comes from man's injustice to his fellow man.

Excellence does not come from believing in excellence, but from constant change, challenge, and improvement.

Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.

The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure.

These spider webs are my home now

What happiness is there which is not purchased with more or less of pain?

You lie awake at 3 in the morning thinking of story ideas. You're online at 8 a.m. on a Sunday or midnight on a Wednesday. It's a job that you never push aside.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

Independent film is taking risks in all areas. It's not just about complicated women.

I'm unqualified for anything else. I'm barely qualified for this.

Growth in grace is one way to be happy in our religion. God has wisely linked together our comfort and our increase in holiness.