When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can't be cured.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.

Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.

Everything on earth is beautiful, everything -- except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.

The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.

People should be beautiful in every way - in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.

Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.

Don't mess with a wizard when he's wizarding!

Those who lack courage are often the first to discourage.

I wish, he thinks, spoken words could be captured and kept in a locket.

The foolishness of chasing the moon ached my heart. I was stuck between the moon and the shore and surrounded by an empty sea.

All I ever wanted to do was act.

I like a little bit of revolution. I think it's a very good hobby for a young woman. Better than squash.

I knew how many MPs I had assigned to the brigade, how many military prison operations I would be running, but we needed to evaluate how many criminal prison operations we could support.

When you realize you're essentially you're God, there ain't nothing on earth more powerful than you, you can do anything you want.

I tend to think of all the songs the same - I give them all kind of equal rights.

There's nothing worse than an introspective drunk.