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.

Freedom is from within.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

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

Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.

We often discover what will do by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.

All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts.

Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.

I meant what I said and I said what I meant.

The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.

The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.

The mind that finds its way to wild places is the poet's; but the mind that never finds its way back is the lunatic's.

Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.

I've been looking for a girl like you - not you, but a girl like you.

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.