The camera may do justice to laughter, but must degrade sorrow.

In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it: they must not do too much of it: and they must have a sense of success in it - not a doubtful sense, such as needs some testimony of others for its confirmation, but a sure sense, or rather knowledge, that so much work has been done well, and fruitfully done, whatever the world may say or think about it.

When one looks into the window of a store which sells devotional art objects, one can't help wishing the iconoclasts had won.

Love each other or perish.

In addition to English, at least one ancient language, probably Greek or Hebrew, and two modern languages would be required.

Lovers have lived so long with giants and elves, they won't believe again in their own size.

So long as we think of it objectively, time is Fate or Chance, the factor in our lives for which we are not responsible, and about which we can do nothing; but when we begin to think of it subjectively, we feel responsible for our time, and the notion of punctuality arises.