Such physical matters were nice, yet, to him, intelligence and passion born of living, the ability to move and be moved by subtleties of the mind and spirit, were what really counted.

And I remember most of what I know that is good and true and lasting has come not from scholars but from minstrels and gypsies.

For we have come by different ways to this place... I can tell by the natural ease with which you wear fine clothes and the way your mouth moves when you speak with waiters in good restaurants. You have come the way of castles and cathedrals, of elegance and empire.

The overriding problem with our country, and our world in general, is that we are, in large part, managed by incompetents. Most of these are men who have spent their lives seeking power rather than themselves.

This kind of certainty comes but just once in a lifetime!

The human heart has a way of making itself large again even after it's been broken into a million pieces.

One great love in a single lifetime was enough for anyone.