I am not now That which I have been.
When it is not in our power to determine what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
As long as we believe in absurdities we shall continue to commit atrocities.
Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.
People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell... we can't dance synonyms.
When you get to a certain age, there is no coming back.
I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.
Thought is free.
Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.
My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.
Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
Keep things at arm's length... If you let anything come too near you want to hold on to it. And there is nothing a man can hold on to.
I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
You hear a lot of dialogue on the death of the American family. Families aren't dying. They're merging into big conglomerates.
Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
