It is a noteworthy fact that kicking and beating have played so considerable a part in the habits which necessity has imposed on mankind in past ages that the only way of preventing civilized men from beating and kicking their wives is to organize games in which they can kick and beat balls.

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you'll find you've done it.

Of all human struggles there is none so treacherous and remorseless as the struggle between the artist man and the mother woman.

Those who are looking for paradise on Earth should come and see Dubrovnik.

I can't control what life did to me, but I can control how I react. Therein lies the difference.

Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.