Give them pleasure. The same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.

There's real poetry in the real world. Science is the poetry of reality

The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast

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.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

External nature is only internal nature writ large.

He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.

I am not now That which I have been.

Learn to give, whether you have plenty or little, whether you are happy or in pain.

A lie never lives to be old.

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment

The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic

Memory... is an internal rumour.

The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good thing for the first time.

Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.

Boards don't hit back.

Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.

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.

Young heads take example of the ancient.