Through the study of fossils I had already been initiated into the mysteries of prehistoric creations.

Holy Istanbul! Your name is the most enchanting one of all names which enchants me.

The moon of a bright silver, which dazzles by its shining, illumines a world which surely is no longer ours; for it resembles in nothing what may be seen in other lands.

Egypt, the Egypt of antiquity, at a later time, exercised a mysterious fascination over me. I recognized a picture of it immediately, without hesitation and astonishment, in an illustrated magazine.

My books were always full of ink blots, always stained and covered with smeared sketches and pictures, which one draws idly when his attention wanders from his task.

My emotions lose their force when I endeavor to interpret them, and my words seem very inept.

Often, before returning home, I would take a long and roundabout way and pass by the peaceful ramparts from where I had glimpses of other provinces, and a sight of the distant country.

My sister and my brother, of whom I have not spoken before, were considerably older than I; it seemed almost as if we belonged to different generations.

I do not exactly remember at what period I started my museum which absorbed so much of my time.

I am surprised that I cannot recall whether my desire to become a minister transformed itself into a wish to lead the more militant life of missionary, by a slow process or suddenly.

It is with the approach of winter that cats...wear their richest fur and assume an air of sumptuous and delightful opulence.

Her model of self-control with food is why I have never had an issue in this area.  Praise God for my mom's good example in how to eat.

So I was always around music and my dad was in his own way a progressive jazzer, a big band jazzer guy.

I think someone who would watch this would think there is something wrong with me and something wrong with my friends.

It's not easy making money as an actor. It's just not an easy thing to do. There's so many that want to do it and so few opportunities to do it that it's not as easy as it would seem.

This is not just a war over stolen land, why do you think little boys are throwing stones at tanks?

I succeeded in simply attending at the birth of all my works.

As for myself, there are two things I dread, - death and marriage. I must die, but I need not marry. I have sworn I will never be taken alive.

But I bear witness to Christ, too. I really know him to be the savior of the world. And that means more to me than almost anything else I know.

In every growing church you will find leadership that is not afraid to believe God.

Avoid organizing investment team into silos.