What a tragedy it was that the only thing age could offer to youth was its own experience, and that the experiences of others were never profitable.

The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people.

Peace is not a passive but an active condition, not a negation but an affirmation.

People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut.

Love is like the measles, all the worse when it comes late.

having considerable mind, changing it became almost as ponderous an operation as moving a barn, although not nearly so stable.

I had a vision ... of being found on the pavement by some passerby, with a small punctuation mark ending my sentence of life.

Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective!

when knowledge comes in at the door, fear and superstition fly out of the window.

The mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.

Conflict is the very essence of life.

Storm destroys, man also destroys, so man is a storm too! But contrary to storm, man can learn no to destroy!

What am I doing? Tearing myself. My usual occupation at most times.

If you look back at yesterday and think it was a big deal, then you haven't done anything today.

Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all.

Some decent regulated pre-eminence, some preference (not exclusive appropriation) given to birth, is neither unnatural, nor unjust, nor impolite.

The Buddhas do but tell the way; it is for you to swelter at the task.

I haven't made art about Israel. There's a covert subtext of Jewish identity in my artwork.

Study Chairman Mao's writings, follow his teachings and act according to his instructions.

I'm good with all my roles, I've never had a bad role.

Doing good to others is the #‎ one great Universal Religion