The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.
Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.
Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.
You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.
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.
Genius is sorrow's child.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.
Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.
I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.
Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.
When it is not in our power to determine what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
A good liar must have a good memory.
The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it.
It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.