Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

I don't mind what the role is at all; I just want to play cool characters.

The Jewish tradition of learning-is learning. Adam chose knowledge instead of immortality.

God was left out of the Constitution, but was furnished a front seat in this nations currency. ("In God we Trust") is a lie, this nations trust has always been with the dollar.

I'm tired of eating your family's lousy, tasteless recipes," Dad said. "Tasteless recipes? My grandmother's rolling in her grave!" "It's from indigestion.

I love the dead... Frequently.

We put all these things together into a tangible product that is The Rock N' Roll Mystery Tour.

Without mercy, we have little chance nowadays of becoming part of a world of 'wounded' persons in need of understanding, forgiveness, love.

If you visit your friend, why need you apologize for not having visited him, and waste his time and deface your own act? Visit him now.

It is not easy to find something that will intrigue and bind your interest and enthusiasm. This you must seek for yourself.