Truth is man's proper good, and the only immortal thing was given to our mortality to use.
Perfection is impossible without humility. Why should I strive for perfection, if I am already good enough?
A person who has spoiled his stomach will criticize his meal saying that the food is bad; the same thing happens with people who are not satisfied with their lives
Art lifts man from his personal life into the universal life.
You consider war to be inevitable? Very good. Let everyone who advocates war be enrolled in a special regiment of advance-guards, for the front of every storm, of every attack, to lead them all!
I don't allow myself to doubt myself even for a moment.
By words one transmits thoughts to another, by means of art, one transmits feelings.
Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
You can't believe any picture nowadays, if it's digital. You can't really believe. If you see me shaking hands with Mr. [Barack] Obama, it doesn't mean I ever met him, does it?
In two months Joseph Kennedy had taken over my entire life, and I trusted him implicitly to make the most of it.
If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.