When the forms of an old culture are dying, the new culture is created by a few people who are not afraid to be insecure.
God created the world, but it is the devil who keeps it going.
In the theatre the audience want to be surprised - but by things that they expect.
To lead others out of darkness, let them see your light.
Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all.
When we are not rich enough to be able to purchase happiness, we must not approach to near and gaze on it in shop windows.
To ignore your conscience is to invite trouble.
It was the sibling thing, I suppose. I was fascinated by the intricate tangle of love and duty and resentment that tied them together. The glances they exchanged; the complicated balance of power established over decades; the games I would never play with rules I would never fully understand. And perhaps that was key: they were such a natural group that they made me feel remarkably singular by comparison. To watch them together was to know strongly, painfully, all that I'd been missing.
Even in hell, if a man was a man, you'd know it.
My partners. . . taught me that in order to create wealth, I needed to pair up with people whose strengths compensated for my weaknesses.
You can assess a culture to a degree by the way they receive movies and how they receive a given celebrity.