One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand.

A human being needs only a small plot of ground on which to be happy, and even less to lie beneath.

When you are in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude. We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.

Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks.

It is natural to man to regard himself as the final cause of creation.

A great artist... must be shaken by the naked truths that will not be comforted. This divine discontent, this disequilibrium, this state of inner tension is the source of artistic energy.

Sceptics are yet the most credulous.