Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man; the power that crosses the white sea, driven by the stormy wind, making a path under surges that threaten to engulf him.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

Always desire to learn something useful

Believe that a further shore is reachable from here.

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

Battling wolves today strengthens you for battling lions tomorrow.

Don’t allow your life to become just a dead ritual. Let there be moments, unexplainable.

Publishing is a very mysterious business. It is hard to predict what kind of sale or reception a book will have, and advertising seems to do very little good.

I perhaps could have been somewhat better. One of the interesting things about playing competitive sports as a child is that you confront your own limitations rather starkly at a certain point.

I'm also involved in the rights of the disabled and do some fundraising for that and I thought it would have been a big boost for the campaign but it couldn't be worked out.

If we ever opened a meeting with a prayer, silent or otherwise, we would disintegrate.

I missed you even when I was with you. That’s been my problem. I miss what I already have, and I surround myself with things that are missing.

Don't you think that it is necessary to have a sense of brutality in photography?

I never work from an outline, and often I dont know how the story will end.

To express a marriage of two complementary colors, their mingling and their opposition, the mysterious vibrations of kindred tones.