Civilizations come and go; they conquer the earth and crumble into dust; but faith survives every desolation.
The way to deal with worldly people is to frighten them by repeating their scandalous whisperings aloud.
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.
It is not that I am so clever; it is that everyone else is so stupid.
No diet will remove all the fat from your body because the brain is entirely fat. Without a brain, you might look good, but all you could do is run for public office.
There is always a right moment to stop something.
I'm a free spirit and that definitely comes from my upbringing, so it's definitely shaped me as an artist.
At the age of twelve I was finding the world too small: it appeared to me like a dull, trim back garden, in which only trivial games could be played.
It is impossible to translate poetry. Can you translate music?