Great art always transcends its culture, while lesser art merely reflects it.

The prayer of words cannot be eliminated. And I must pray them daily, whether I feel like praying or not. Otherwise, when God as something to say to me, I will not know how to listen. Until I have worked through self, I will not be enabled to get out of the way.

The joys of love...last only a moment. The sorrows of love last all the life long.

you've got to learn to walk through a pigpen and not get dirty.

I do not believe that true optimism can come about except through tragedy.

Come t'e' picciol fallo amaro morso! Dante. What grievous pain a little fault doth give thee!

Love isn't how you feel. It's what you do. I've never had a feeling in my life. As a matter of fact, I matter only with earth people.