True solidarity is only possible among the solitary.

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.

To be ready to fail is to be prepared for success.

Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.

Sensuality without love is a sin; love without sensuality is worse than a sin.

Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.

Tradition simply means that we need to end what began well and continue what is worth continuing

It may be impossible to have a revolution without crimes but that does not make revolution a crime.

To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.

The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer.

Who learns most from a good book is the author.

Music evokes emotion and emotion can bring it's memory.

I'm Valerie Rye, ' she said, savoring the words. 'It's all right for you to talk to me.

What you love too violently finishes by killing you.

Hey, Cormac. You ever have to deal with a PMSing werewolf?

Men of thought seldom work well together, whereas between men of action there is usually an easy camaraderie.

If he were a man of strong mind, it only gave him fits; but a person of mere average intellect it usually sent mad.

Those of you who have spent time with Australians know that we are not given to overstatement. By nature we are laconic speakers and by conviction we are realistic thinkers.

I [seek] a style in the realm of legend. Something that might allow me to give free rein to my juvenile sense of romanticism and the beautiful image.

Whether it's her [ Hillary Clinton] guarded privacy or whatever else, I mean, there has got to be some sense that this is a human being that I can identify.

As good play for nothing, you know, as work for nothing.