He’s in the mold of a Tom Watson, in that he’ll hit the ball in the trees and undaunted go it there, flail it out and make something out of it.

Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.

Fame will go by and, so long, I’ve had you, fame. If it goes by, I’ve always known it was fickle. So at least it’s something I experience, but that’s not where I live.

Wit is educated insolence.

If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.

Spiritual progress is like detoxification. Things have to come up in order to be released. Once we have asked to be healed, then our unhealed places are forced to the surface.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment.

Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.

Men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage – they’ve experienced pain and bought jewelry.