To be at other people's orders brings out all the bad in me.

Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.

For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously.

That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous.

For one thing, I know every book of mine by its scent.

I hate with a bitter hatred the names of lentils haricots - those pretentious cheats of the appetite, those tabulated humbugs, those certified aridites calling themselves human food!

The mind which renounces, once and for ever, a futile hope, has its compensation in ever-growing calm.

Life is a huge farce, and the advantage of possessing a sense of humour is that it enables one to defy fate with mocking laughter.

I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose between the pages to be reminded of all sorts of things.

Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch were procurable?

Parks are but pavement disguised with a growth of grass.

Forgive those who hurt you yesterday.Reward those who help you today.Remember those who help you tomorrow.

What if, when we are feeling less than happy, we were prescribed two genuinely inspiring experiences each day?

At my home in the southwest of France, I grow oak, hazel, and lemon trees in my backyard.

How can we effect change in the world when only half of it is invited or feel welcome to participate in the conversation?

Women should be protected from anyone's exercise of unrighteous power... but then, so should every other living creature.

Nationwide about 1 in 7 black men are temporarily or permanently disenfranchised due to felon disenfranchisement laws.

Overnight success stories take a long time.

I have always felt one of the things dance should do - its business being so clearly physical - is challenge the culture's gender stereotypes.