I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of the chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lead. Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.

We can none of us step into the same river twice, but the river flows on and the other river we step into is cool and refreshing, too

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

For my part I cannot believe in a God who is angry with me because I do not believe in him. I cannot believe in a God who is less tolerant than I. I cannot believe in a God who has neither humour nor common sense.

It is not for nothing that artists have called their works the children of their brains and likened the pains of production to the pains of childbirth.

[Money] is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.

Why did you look at the sunset?' Philip answered with his mouth full: Because I was happy.