When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.

The word 'good' has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.

What do you despise? By this are you truly known.

There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.

Your personal nature seeks its paradise.

In the increasingly convincing darkness the words become palpable, like a fruit that is too beautiful to eat.

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.

The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.

If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.

Passion goes, Boredom remains.

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

You are 27 or 28 right? It is very tough to live at that age. When nothing is sure. I have sympathy with you.

Get off your butt and join the Marines!

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.

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.