I don't try to imagine a personal god; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
When one door is closed, don't you know that many more are open
There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.
Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.
Purity of heart is to will one thing.
The battle for women's rights has been largely won.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Fashion changes, but style endures.
The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.
Humility is attentive patience.
A good liar must have a good memory.
Genius is sorrow's child.
A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
I have often been accused of putting my foot in my mouth, but I will never put my hand in your pockets
I'll always be poor in my mind.
Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.
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.
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.
I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don't retire before I go senile, then I'll do more damage than good at that point.
