most people did not care to be taught what they did not already know; it made them feel ignorant.

For self-realization, a rebel demands a strong authority, a worthy opponent, God to his Lucifer.

Every word she writes is a lie, including "and" and "the."

The horror of Gandhi's murder lies not in the political motives behind it or in its consequences for Indian policy or for the future of non-violence; the horror lies simply in the fact that any man could look into the face of this extraordinary person and deliberately pull a trigger.

Making love, we are all more alike than we are when we are talking or acting.

You can date the evolving life of a mind, like the age of a tree, by the rings of friendship formed by the expanding central trunk.

The famous Florentine elegance, which attracts tourists to the shops on Via Tornabuoni and Via della Vigna Nuova, is characterized by austerity of line, simplicity, economy of effect.