Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child

Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.

The historian looks backward. In the end he also believes backward.

On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.

Don't be concerned others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.

I restore myself when I'm alone.

There is also this benefit in brag: that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.

I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy

As you go through life, you've got to see the valleys as well as the peaks.

You can have it all. Just not all at once.

I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between.

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.

Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.

The less you know, the more you believe.

To one extent, if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.