When an object or purpose is clearly held in thought, its precipitation, in tangible and visible form, is merely a question of time. The vision always precedes, and itself determines the realization.

To be rich in friends is to be poor in nothing

Rome is stately and impressive; Florence is all beauty and enchantment; Genoa is picturesque; Venice is a dream city; but Naples is simply -- fascinating.

To live in Venice is like being domesticated in the heart of an opal.

The vision always precedes the realization

True socialism is the equalization of all privileges. The power to take advantage of them, - that is another matter.

it is far better to appreciate and not to possess, than to possess and not to appreciate.

History and legend and art and romance meet and mingle to create that indefinable sorcery of Venice. It is like nothing on earth except a poet's dream.

Love is the reality of the soul.

The unkind words that we said and the unkind deeds that we did will haunt us one day!

By night, I am free. No one hears my monsters but me. My freedom is fragile, though, Because every morning, Over and over, The night is broken by the sun. It’s a good way to die.

Gnaw your own bone gnaw at it bury it unearth it gnaw it still.

It is a proof of our natural bias to evil, that gain is slower and harder than loss in all things good; but in all things bad getting is quicker and easier than getting rid of.

Winners believe in their worth in advance of their performance.

A simple but radical spiritual practice is to accept whatever arises in the Now, within and without.

I am not an artist which is 'in.

It's easier to get divorced than to engage in the soul-stretching personal growth that is inevitable in marriage

Going to car racing school was phenomenal.

There can be no freedom for Africa without justice; and no justice without declaring war on Africa's poverty, disease and famine with as much vehemence as we remove the tyrant and the terrorist.