The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.
There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.
The bat thought I was giving him the kiss of life!
Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.
If a little is great, and a lot is better, then way too much is just about right!
One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.
In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.
A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant.
The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it.
The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.
For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.
Learn to give, whether you have plenty or little, whether you are happy or in pain.
The cloud is free only to go with the wind. The rain is free only in falling.
Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.
No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.
Charity ... is the opium of the privileged.
I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.
A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.
There are no facts, only interpretations.